I have added to the usual dish a handful of green peas , french beans and sprouts but cooked it sans garlic or onions- thse add ons are optional. You may also add a handful of raw peanuts to make it even proteinicous :-) If you have all ingredients ready before hand, you can cook this under 30 mins. This dish is great with rice as well as Chapatis / Rotis too
Update : Sending this to Vardhini’s Cooking
with Whole Foods – Spinach, event by Kiran
Prep time : 10 mins . Cooking time : 15 mins. Serves : 4
Ingredients to go:
- Palak / Methi (you may use any greens, but it works best with these) -3 cups chopped
- Masoor Dal - 3/4 cup
- Salt - to taste
- Turmeric - a dash
- Jeera / cumin powder - 1 tsp
- Coriander powder - 1/2 TBSP
- Amchur - 1/2 tsp
- Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
- Tempering : Oil (1 tsp), cumin seeds, Asafoetida , Red chillies (2), Mustard seeds
- Grated coconut for garnish
- French beans chopped- a handful
- Peas - 1/4 cup
- Diced Carrots - 1/8 cup
- Onions - 1 small
- Garlic - 2 pods
Method:
1) Wash and chop the greens. Pressure cook the greens along with Masoor Dal with minumum water + any veggies added in for 3 whistles.
2) Once cooked, mash it up a little . Add salt, dry masala powders and let it come to a boil on very low flame. Add water if required as per consistency.
3) Prepare tempering with oil + cumin, asafoetida, red chillies and mustard till cumin and mustard crackle. Pour over the mixture. Add in a dash of fresh coconut . Mix well. serve hot with Rotis / Rice :)
More like this:
Soppina Huli / Greens Sambhar
Aloo Matar Methi sabji (Fenugreek with peas and potato curry)
Note: Its important that the coconut is added while the dish is still on the heat.- this will prevent the dish from turning stale quickly.
Healthy and tasty curry. Thx for linking Kalyani.
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