SPINACH BESAN ( Kugan )

SPINACH BESAN

Ingredients:

1 tbs oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
Little asafoetida powder

Crush roughly:
3 garlic pips
3 green chillies

1 big onion sliced
3 cups of chopped spinach leaves
Salt to taste
A pinch of sugar

To mix well like mooru:
2 tbs besan flour
Little tumeric powder
¼ cup water

Lime juice to taste

Method:
Heat a wok with the oil, add in mustard, cumin and asafoetida.
Let them splutter well. add in the crushed garlic and green chillies.
Now add in the chopped onions and saute till lightly brown.
Add in the chopped spinach, little salt and a pinch of sugar.

Stir fry untill the spinach is cooked.
Now add in the besan mixture and keep stirring continuously.
The mixture will become slightly thick.
Check for salt, add in the lime juice and remove.

You will have a yellowish, greenish thick, spinach besan.
Enjoy it with chapathi, or rice.