Dal Spinach curry [Massop saru in kannada ]

Ingredients

Spinach – 2 Bunches [ palak soppu in kannada]

Toor Dal - 1 cup [ Thogari bele in kannada]

 

8 chillies [ Based on your need] 

Curry leave [ ¼ cup] [ Karibevu in kannada ]

Grated Coconut [ 1 cup] 

Turmeric [1/4 T spoon] [ Arishina in kannada ]

Pepper [ 4 – 6] [ Menasu in kannada]

Mustard [1/2 T spoon] [ Sasive in Kannada]

Salt [ Based on your needs] 

Groundnut oil [ 4 T spoon]

Tomato [3 Big]

Onions [2 medium sized]

Jeera [ ½ T spoon] [ Jeerige in kannada]

 

Garlic [ ½ cup with outer layer peeled] [ Bellulli in kannada]

Method of preparation

Remove roots of spinach and wash several times

Wash toor dal 

 

Peel the outer layer of onions and cut them in the middle.

Now boil Spinach + Toor dal + Tomatoes + Onions + Garlic + Chillies in cooker[ 1 whistle is enough]

[If Not using cooker boil Toor dal for sometime and then add Spinach + Tomatoes + Onions + Garlic + Chillies]

Separate the water from the boiled mixture and keep it in a vessel.

Cool the boiled mixture

Grind the mixture + Grated coconut +Pepper [Optional]. Don’t grind it very smoothly. 

Add the above paste to the water which was separated out in a vessel and boil it. Add more water if needed.

Add salt and let it continue boiling

Heat a frying pan 

Add 4 T spoon of oil and heat it  for 10 seconds on low flame

Put mustard seeds, then Jeera , then curry leaves and fry it for 5 seconds

Add the above mixture to the main vessel

Add 1/4 T spoon of turmeric.

Heat it for 5 minutes in low flame 

Switch off stove when it boils.

Dal Spinach curry is ready :)