Preparation & Cooking Time: 30 mins
Serves : 3 – 4 persons
Ingredients :
- Chopped Spinach : 1 cup
- Split Moong Dal : ½ cup
- Green Chillies : 3 – 4
- Dried Red Chillies : 2
- Tamarind : Gooseberry size ball
- Mustard Seeds : ½ tsp
- Chana Dal : ½ tsp
- Urad Dal: ½ tsp
- Hing : ⅛ tsp
- Turmeric Powder : ¼ tsp
- Curry Leaves : 1 sprig
- Oil : 2 tsp
- Salt to taste
1. Put
the rinsed moong dal, chopped spinach, tamarind, split green
chillies, turmeric
and a cup of water in a pressure cooker and cook till 3 whistles.
2. Turn off the flame and wait until the pressure go off. Add the salt and
mix well.
3. Heat a
teaspoon of oil in a vessel. Add the mustard seeds, chana dal and urad
dal and let them splutter. Then add the red chillies, hing
and curry leaves to it and fry for a few seconds.
4. Pour it over the
cooked dal and combine well.
5. Serve hot with roti or steamed rice, dollop of ghee and some papads.
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radha says
This is how I generally make the spinach dal too. And it tastes so good.
Happy Cook / Finla says
I would love to have this with rice.
Priya says
Super healthy and nutritious dal,hearty and comforting food for me.
Shama Nagarajan says
delicious dal
Reshmi Mahesh says
Never tried spinach with moong…looks yum..
Tina says
looks yummy..
Mahi says
Looks yummy! Adding tamarind in this dhal is new to me..will try this soon!
Follow foodie says
Yummy , Looks delicious
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Kaveri Venkatesh says
A very healthy and delicious dal
Akila says
Very yummy