Spinach & Moong Dal

Recipe Ingredients

• 1 fresh bunch of Spinach 
• 1 cup Moong Dal 
• 1 medium sized tomato chopped
• 2 pods of garlic, crushed
• 1 piece of ginger, crushed
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp aajwain seeds
• 2 tsps red chilli powder 
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 2 tsps corriander powder
• Juice of one lemon 
• 2 tsps sugar
• 2 tblsps Oil
• Salt 

Cooking Method 

• Wash the Moong Dal well and pressure cook. 
• Take Oil in a deep nonstick pan/pot. 
• Add cumin seeds, aajwain seeds and let them splutter .
• Add garlic and ginger 
• Add tomatoes and saut for a couple of minutes till they are soft 
• Add pressure cooked Moong Dal alongwith the water which is used to pressure cook the dal. 
• If the gravy is too thick,add some more water 
• Add salt, sugar, red chilli powder, turmeric and corriander powder and let the gravy simmer till everything is mixed well 
• Now add the chopped Spinach and mix well 
• Add juice of lemon 
• Cover the pan/pot and let the vegetable simmer for few minutes till the spinach is tender, stir occasionally

Serve hot with phulkas,rice and pickel.