Palak Kootu

Ingredients:

• Spinach (palak)(keerai) - 2 bunches (around 4.5 cups)
• Sambar powder - 1 1/2 tsp
• Salt - as needed
• Asafoetida (hing) - 2 pinches)
• Sugar - 1/4 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Yellow moong dal (uncooked) - 1/4 cup
• Coconut - 2 tbsp
• Jeera (Cumin seeds) - 1/4 tsp
• Coconut oil - ! Ts[
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Asafoetida - 14 tsp

Method:

1. Wash the spinach 4-5 times as they have small sands . Chop them finely.
2. Add sambar powder, salt, asafoetida, sugar and turmeric powder.
3. Add 1/2 cup of water and cook for 5-7 minutes . Let the raw smell of the sambar powder go and the keerai gets cooked. The keerai will get cooked very fast as they are finely chopped..
4. Pressure cook the moong dal with enough water.
5. Grind the coconut , jeera, and pepper into a fine paste. Add little water if needed while grinding. do not add more.
6. Add the cooked dal and the ground paste too.
7. Mix well and let this boil for 5 minutes .Switch it off.
8. Temper mustard seeds and urad dal in coconut oil.
9. Serve hot with plain rice or as a side dish for Vathal kuzhambhu.

Source:

jeyashriskitchen.com

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