- Servings: 2
- Soaking time: 30 minutes.
- Preparation time: 6-7 minutes.
- Boiling time: 10-12 minutes.
- Blending time: 2 minutes.
- Re boiling time: 3-4 minutes.
- Total time: 25 minutes.
“Palak tomato and chana dal soup” is a vibrant and nourishing dish that combines the goodness of spinach (palak) and tomatoes to create a comforting and healthful soup.
This soup features a rich blend of fresh spinach leaves and ripe tomatoes, pureed to a smooth consistency and seasoned with onions, ginger and a touch of butter/cream to enhance its flavour and texture.
The result is a bright, slightly tangy soup that’s delicious and packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. It’s an excellent choice for a light meal or a starter, offering a warm, soothing experience that’s particularly welcome on chilly days or when one seeks a simple, healthy dish.
Eating the right type of food is the key for healthy, beautiful and youthful living and it ensures you for quality life too. Here I used micro wave to boil the ingredients and used dal which is soaked for ½ an hour. You may use pressure cooker then there is no need to soak the dal.
Ingredients:
- Spinach: 200 gm
- Chana dal (split Bengal gram): 2 tablespoon
- Onion: 1 no. (Medium size)
- Tomato: 2-3 no. (Medium size)
- Ginger: 2” piece
- Water: 5 cup
- Butter: 50 gm.
- Salt: ½ teaspoon
- White rock salt: ½ teaspoon
- Black rock salt (Kala namak): 2 pinch
- Black pepper powder: ½ teaspoon
Preparation:
- Clean and chop spinach, onion, tomatoes and ginger into small pieces.
- Clean and wash chana dal, keep aside.
Method:
- Put all ingredients, except butter and kala namak in pressure cooker; Place cooker on maximum heat, bring it to full cooking pressure, reduce to lower heat and cook for 2-3 minutes. Allow cooker for cool.
- Here I used micro wave to boil the ingredients and used soaked dal (soaked for ½ an hour).
- After cooling, roughly grind it in mixer grinder for few seconds, Pass this through soup sieve. Discard the residue. Reheat soup; add kala namak and fresh ground black pepper. Serve with bread croutons.
Palak tomato and chana dal soup by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.