Spinach Dal(Palakura Pappu)

Ingredients:

1 cup moong dal(pesara pappu or any dal like toor dal is also good)
1/2 cup chopped fresh/frozen spinach
4 green chillies split
1/2 onion chopped
1/2 tsp turmeric
few curry leaves
2 cloves garlic crushed
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp urad dal
4 dry red chillies broken into half
salt
pinch of hing

Method:

Put the dal in a pressure cooker,add the chopped onion,slit green chillies,chopped spinach, add the turmeric n tsp of oil,and 1 1/2 cup water n pressure cook upto 2 whistles.

Once the pressure comes down,smash until the dal is soft.

To this add the salt.

Do the tadka,heat 2 tbsp oil to this add the urad dal,mustard seeds,jeera,hing,red chillies,curry leafs n crushed garlic.

Add this to the Dal and mix n cover.

Serve hot with rice or roti.

Note:They are several variations to the making the dal,some people like to add chilli pwd , some add bit of tamarind for tangyness...But personaly i like it this way...as it retains the original flavours of the spinach.