Spinach with Dhal

This is a healthy, yummy Dhal keerai Kootu. It’s goes very with white rice, idli, dosa and chapatti.

Ingredients
Toor Dhal – 1 cup
Chopped Spinach – 2 cups / 250 g
Chopped Tomato – 1 big
Chopped Small Onions – 10
Peeled and Sliced Garlic – 10
Sliced green Chilli - 2
Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
Sambar Powder – 2 tsp
Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
To Temper
Oil – 2 tsp
Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
Dry Red Chilli – 3
Curry Leaves -few
Method
Soak toor dal at least 30 minutes. And pressure cook it for 3 to 5 whistles. Let it cool for few min and keep it aside.
In a kadai, heat oil. Add cumin seeds and saute it for few seconds, then add garlic cloves and onion, fry it well.
Add tomato pieces and cook until it becomes mushy. Then add chopped spinach, turmeric powder, sambar powder and enough water. Cook another 5 min.
Transfer dhal into kadai, add salt and mix well. Then keep cook for another 2 to 3 min. Then switch off the flame.
In a pan, heat oil. Add the tempering ingredients one by one and saute it for few seconds. And transfer into Spinal Dhal.
Serve with hot steamed rice and papad or any veggies.