Spinach Lentils / Palak Dal - for lazy days

We all know that eating green food is very vital to a healthy diet, and spinach is the king of greens. It is a rich source of iron and rich oxidants that we all need.
This is a very tasty, simple and nutritious dal preparation. Any kind of dal can be used like, moong dal, masoor dal (red lentils) and so on. Here I am preparing this with toor dal. This is one of my favourite comfort food, which is very easy to make. I make this curry almost once in two weeks.. :) This can be served with hot steam rice, roti / chapatis.

Adding garlic to seasoning will get an extra flavor to the dish. This is rich in proteins and nutrients. In general this is served with hot rice, dollops of ghee and avakai (mango pickle), which will awaken your appetite.

Ingredients:

1. Toor Dal- 1cup
2. Spinach / Palak- 1cup
3. Onions- 1no
4. Green chillies (slitted)- 3nos
5. Mustard seeds- 1tsp
6. Turmeric powder- 1tsp
7. Oil- 1tbsp
8. Curry leaves- few
9. Salt- as per taste
10. Garlic cloves- 3nos
11. Red chillies- 2nos

Method:

1. Wash the spinach and cut them into small pieces.
2. After washing the dal, pressure cook dal, spinach, onions, green chillies and turmeric powder with enough water till 3-4 whistles or till the dal is cooked.
3. For tempering, heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. In this add crushed garlic cloves, red chillies and curry leaves.
4. Add this tempering into the cooked dal mixture and add salt. Cook it on low flame for few minutes.
5. Serve hot with rice.