Spinach and Moong Dal Stir Fry

Once in a while i prefer to make these simple and easy meals which are pakced with a lot of nutrients and one of them is this dish which my mom used to make.It has all the good nutrients from the spinach n the lentils(moong dal),another good thing is it needs very less amount of oil.

Ingredients:

1 box of Birds Eye chopped frozen spinach/1 bunch of fresh spinach

1/2 cup soaked moong dal/pesarapappu

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1/2 tsp jeera

1 tsp urad dal

1/2 tsp chana dal

4 dry red chillies broken into half

4 cloves of garlic (each cut into 2 halfs)

4 green chillies cut lengthwise

few curry leaves

salt

Method:

• Soak the moong dal for 30 mins and then drain away the water
• If useing frozen spinach just put it in the microwave for 4 mins or u can let it to defrost at room temperature as well.But if ur useing fresh spinach wash it thoroughly and chop it very finely.
• Heat some oil in a pan on medium heat.
• To this add the urad dal,channa dal when they turn light brown add the mustard,jeera,garlic,green chillies,dry red chillies and few curry leaves.
• Once they are fried a bit add the spinach,add some salt
• Keep mixing it so that it doesnt stick to the pan,once the raw smell of the spinach goes of
• Then add the drained moong dal,keep mixing it .If u think it is sticking to the pan then add the few tbsp of water

Note:- I always prefer birds eye frozen spinach for this type of dish,as i can skip the process of cleaning n cutting the spinach finely .I did not use any onions for the dish but alternatively u can add chopped onions before adding the spinach and let it fry for some time and then add the spinach.If u dont prefer the moong dal u can avoid it but i personally feel that it gives a nice crunch to the dish.

It goes very well with rice.