Palak koora Pappu (Dal)

Thanks to Chaitanya!!!

Cooking Time: 30 min

Serves: 4


Ingredients:

1 cup toor(arhar) dal
1 cup of chopped spinach (frozen will also do)
1/2 medium tomato
1 medium onion
Jeera
Cumin seeds
4 garlic cloves
4 dry red chillies
4-5 Curry leaves
4 green chillies
mustard seeds

Steps:

In a Pressure cooker add the dal.
Cut the onion, tomato into medium pieces and add to the dal along with the spinach.
Add 8-10 cups of water. Add turmeric powder and green chillies.
Let this presssure cook for 4 whistles.
When the dal is pressure cooked, keep the cooker on medium flame and add salt and red chilly powder to taste.
Keep cooking the dal for another 5 minutes.

In a small pan, add some oil and heat it.
Add mustard seeds, jeera to the pan.
Then add the finely chopped garlic cloves, curry leaves.
Crush the dry red chilly and then add it into the pan...
Now add the contents of the pan into the cooker.
Mix them well and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Serve hot.

Goes well with: Rice and ghee.

Variations:

You can substitute the following in place of spinach(palak):

Tomato
Lemon
Raw Mango
Sorakaaya (Lauki)