Spinach Dhal

Ingredients:-

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Toor dhal - 1/2 cup

Spinach- 1/2 bunch

Onion - 1/2 of medium size

Tomato - 1 1/2 medium size 

Garlic  - 3 Pods 

Sambar Powder - 1 1/2 tsp.

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp.

Ghee - 2 tsp.

Salt to taste

Ingredients for Garnish:-

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Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp.

Red chillies - 2 nos.

Curry leaves - 4~5 leaves

Asafoetida / Hing - pinch

Notes before cooking:-

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- Wash Toor dhal thoroughly

- Wash spinach thoroughly and chop

- Cut onion lengthwise
- Chop Tomato

Preparation:-

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Stage 1:-

- In a Pressure cooker, add toor dhal, turmeric powder, chopped garlic, tomato and 2 cups of water

- Place the pressure cooker on stove for 3~4 whistles

- After 3~4 whistles, move the cooker from the stove and let the pressure release.

Stage 2:-

- Place a Frying pan in Medium Flame, Add ghee

- Once the oil turns warm, Add mustard seeds, Asafoetida, Red chillies and curry leaves

- When the mustards splutter, add the cut Onion and fry for a couple of mintues until onion turns transculent.

- Add Spinach to the pan and fry for a couple of minutes.

- Now add sambar powder to the pan and fry for a couple of minutes more.

- Add 1/2 cup of water and let it boil for a couple of mintues.

Stage 3:-

- Open the pressure cooker when the pressure is released, place the cooker on a medium flame.

- Mix the contents of the cooker so the dhal is crushed well.

- Now add the contents of the pan into the cooker and let it simmer for 10~15 mins. Add required salt at this moment.