Palakura Pappu (Spinach Daal)!

INGREDIENTS:

Spinach-2cups

Toor Daal-1cup

Turmeric powder-pinch

Salt to taste

Tamarind-1inchsize

Green chilli-4

Red chilli-1

Curry leaves-1stem

Garlic-1clove

Hing/ingua-1/4spn

Red chilli powder-1spn

PROCESS:

Wash and cut spinach .Wash toor daal and add it to a pressure cooker along with spinach.

Add pinch of turmeric powder and green chilli.Add 1:2.5 cup water.

Also add 1/4cup of tamaring juice and close the lid.Allow it cook for 5whisltes and switchoff the gas and allow it to cool.

Take a pan and add oil and allow it to heat.Then add chopped garlic clove, red chilli,curry leaves,mustard seeds and cumin seeds.Once they start to splutter add little hing and red chilli powder.And immediately add the cooked daal to this pan.

Add salt to taste and mix well and now you can take it into serving bowl.
Serve it with hot rice and pickle with some desi ghee..You can serve spinach daal with chapathi too....