Dal Tadka,a delicious and comforting Indian lentil dish, is made with tempered spices and herbs. Learn how to make the best Dal Tadka with our recipe, pro tips, and variations ideas. Store your leftovers easy storage tips.

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Dal Tadka,a delicious and comforting Indian lentil dish, is made with tempered spices and herbs. Learn how to make the best Dal Tadka with our recipe, pro tips, and variations ideas. Store your leftovers easy storage tips.
by [Archana Potdar] · This post may contain affiliate links · 20 Comments
Salads are one of the simplest ways to good health. A simple salad that can be as diverse as there are people on this planet. To make a salad all you just need fresh ingredients and a lot of imagination.
I am blessed to have a family that loves salads. The best way to get my teenage kiddo to the table is telling her I have mixed the salad, “Come before it loses its crunch," is implied. Sneaky but works all the time!
During the lockdown two bundles of palak from the farm were precious. I used the farm-fresh to make palak paneer, palak daal and this palak salad. Today I am updating an old salad post where I have used palak or spinach.
To make the salad I plucked the tender leaves that were at the bottom of the huge plants we had. Never have I delved so much into plucking the leaves. Anyway, the leaves at the bottom were small, soft and delicious and tasted best as Palak Salad.
The reasons to eat salads are
The answer is yes, you can. You will either love it or hate it for the distinctive taste it has, bitter. The smaller leaves are tender and not so bitter plus they taste good. Pair them well and they taste good. You can also use the leaves in sandwiches.
Palak or spinach is an excellent source of antioxidants, vitamin C, folic acid, iron and calcium along with other nutrients. Helps to keep your heart and eyes healthy too.
Though I love a salad in any form I must say I am a bit, a wee bit more partial to the Indian style of salads. We add onions, tomatoes, cucumber, radish. We may add roasted peanut powder and/or coconut. In the past, I used to insist on tempering, but now I am okay without one too. A splash of lemon juice or chaat, salt and sugar.
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Maria says
What a fabulous idea! Looks very summery. The coconut and chaat masala must balance the flavours and add a kick to it.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Maria you are very kind.
Poonam Bachhav says
You are really blessed to have a family who loves salads. There will be no taker of raw spinach at my house except me. With coconut, onion and tomato going in I am sure this spinach salad is a treat any day. I would love trying it out soon.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Poonam.
Mayuri Patel says
That's a simple and yet very flavorful and healthy salad. Generally I try and add spinach leaves to my salads, but making that ingredient the star... innovative recipe Archana.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Mayuri.
Renu says
I am loving the addition of coconut here, never did that in a salad. Would love to try it out next with my home grown palak.
ArchanaPotdar says
😀 Homegrown is delicious.
Seema Sriram says
Love this simple idea , Archana. the meal with a side of green freshness is always the perfect one and this palak salad is just the right thing.
ArchanaPotdar says
Yes, Seema you can use a variety of leaves I have also made the same with radish leaves.
Shobha Keshwani says
I love Indian style salads. Spinach salad looks si healthy and delicious. This salad is perfect for a cool and loght meal in summer.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Shobha.
Chef Mireille says
I love using spinach as my lettuce in salads. The gentle sweet taste is my favorite green leaf veg. Love the simple seasonings in this Indian version. Will definitely add it to the repertoire.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Mir.
Nayna Kanabar says
I am a big fan of salads cold and warm and I am always looking forward to discovering new salad ideas. This spinach salad with the onions and coconut sounds right up my street. This is the perfect way to add iron to your diet in a healthy and tasty way.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Nayana.
Preethicuisine says
Palak salad sounds so innovative. I love the ingredients used in this salad. So light and refreshing. I would love to try adding strawberries . Love this summary salad.
ArchanaPotdar says
Adding strawberries is a wonderful idea I must try.
Jayashree T.Rao says
I love having spinach salad but hardly make it. Have made it a couple of times earlier, a good reminder to make it again.
ArchanaPotdar says
😀 I know we forget so many recipes. 😀