Ingredients:

• 1 cup – red lentil (wash and soak in water for 15 minutes)
• 2 handful – cut Palak or Spinach
• 1/4 cup – grated Coconut
• 1/2 tsp – Jeera
• 1/2 tsp – Red Chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp – Turmeric
• 1/2 – red Onion
• 1 tbsp – oil
• 1/4 tsp – mustard, Curry leaves
• salt to taste
• 2 – whole Red Chillies

Method:

1. Put soaked and washed red lentil in the cooker.
2. Add the cut palak/spinach, salt to taste and turmeric.
3. Close the pressure cooker lid and cook.
4. Take off from heat after 1 whistle and let it cool.
5. In the meantime, grind the grated coconut, jeera, red chilli powder into a fine paste.
6. Add this into the cooker and mix well.
7. Allow it to boil for a minute.
8. In a kadai, pour oil. Add mustard seeds, curry leaves and 2 whole red chillies.
9. Pour this over the dal curry.
10. Taste salt if less add as per requirements.

Recipe courtesy of Rita Surendar