SPINACH WITH MOONG DAL

My niece, went for lunch to her friend's house.
She came and told me, she ate a paruppu keerai
dish there (keerai kadayal) It was sooo tasty.
I called up her friend's mother, she laughed and said
"aiyoh, simple keerai"
I got the recipe from her, Thanks Mrs. Naidu.
Here is the recipe:



SPINACH WITH MOONG DAL

Ingredients:

200 grms of spinach cleaned and chopped
½ cup moong dal soaked and boiled
¼ tsp turmeric powder
2 green chillies sliced
1 tsp tamarind paste mix with ½ cup of water
1 onion sliced
2 long red dried chillies cut into pieces
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp sambar powder
2 tsp oil
Salt to taste



Method:

Wash, clean and chop the spinach leaves.
Boil the moong dal with the green chillies and turmeric powder.
Cook till they are well cooked and thick, keep aside.

Heat a pot with the oil, add in the mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
Let them splutter, add in the dried red chillies, sauté well.
Now add in the onions and sauté well, till the onions turn limp.

Add in the cut spinach, and stir well.
Add in the tamarind juice, sambar powder, salt.
Let it cook till the raw smell goes.

Add in the cooked moong dal.
Stir well and let it cook for 3 minutes.
The dish should be semi thick.
Remove and serve with a dollop of pure ghee.


NOTE: This is not a keerai kadaiyal