INDIAN LENTIL AND SPINACH CURRY (INSTANT POT DAAL)

INDIAN LENTIL AND SPINACH CURRY (INSTANT POT DAAL)
Serves 6
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Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
45 min
Total Time
55 min
Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
45 min
Total Time
55 min
Ingredients
  1. • Black eyed peas — 2 cups, rinsed and soaked overnight
  2. • Spinach — 4 cups, fresh or frozen
  3. • Onion — 1 large, chopped (should render about a cup when chopped)
  4. • Ginger — 1-inch knob, chopped or paste
  5. • Garlic — 3 to 4 cloves, chopped or turned into a paste
  6. • Cinnamon (ground) — 1/4 teaspoon
  7. • Cardamom (ground) — 1/4 teaspoon
  8. • Clove (ground) — 1/4 teaspoon
  9. • Cumin (ground) — 1/2 teaspoon
  10. • Coriander (ground) — 1/2 teaspoon
  11. • Red Chili flakes — 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon, depending on your tolerance for heat
  12. • Tomato — 1 large, chopped (should render 1/2 a cup when chopped)
  13. • Cilantro — 1/2 cup, finely chopped
  14. • Avocado oil or any odorless oil of your choice— 2 tablespoons
  15. • Sea salt — 1/2 to 1 teaspoon or to taste
  16. • Water — 4 cups
Instructions
  1. Preheat the Instant Pot by hitting the sauté button. Add the oil and wait until the oil heats up. This process should take a couple of minutes.
  2. Add the onions to the hot oil and sauté it until translucent.
  3. Now add the ginger and garlic, sauté it for a minute or so. Then add the spices and sauté it for a minute.
  4. To this add the chopped tomatoes and the salt. Cook until the tomato is somewhat cooked down and turns mushy. The salt shall help quicken the process, this should not take more than a minute and a half.
    If your aromatics are starting to stick to the bottom of the pan, add a table spoon of water to deglaze it.
  5. Add the lentil and sauté it for a couple of minutes.
  6. Put the lid on and hit the pressure cook feature and cook it for 45 minutes.
    On the pressure setting, it should say high pressure.
  7. Remove the pressure, open the lid and add the spinach. Let the spinach cook in the residual heat for 2 minutes.
  8. At this point if you feel like the Daal is a little thick, you may add water, make sure to add little at a time. Also taste for salt and add salt as you like.
  9. Garnish with some freshly cut cilantro and enjoy!
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