Spinach Dal / Palakura Pappu

INGREDIENTS:

1. Spinach - 1 LB
2. Toor Dal - 1 cup
3. Onion - 1 Small
4. Green Chilli - 3 
5. Tamarind - 4 inch piece
6. Red chilli powder - 1tbsp
7. Salt - 3/4 tbsp
8. Seasoning Ingredients(Mustard seeds, Cumin seeds, urad dal)
9. Curry leaves
10. Hing - pinch

PROCEDURE:

Take toor dal and wash it 3 times with water. Then take a pressure cooker and add the washed toor dal, 2 1/2 cups of water, chopped spinach, onions, green chillies, tamarind, red chilli powder and salt. 

Pressure cook all the ingredients until 5 whistles. Afterwards transfer the dal into a bowl and mash it well with a masher or spoon. 

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds to it. When the mustard seeds splutter add cumin seeds, urad dal, curry leaves and hing and fry them till the urad dal turns golden brown. Now add this tempering to the dal and serve the palakura pappu with hot rice and ghee.

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