Keerai Kootu

Ingredients:

Spinach - 2 bunches (You may use any variety of greens)

Moong dhal – 1/2 cup

Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Seasoning:

Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp

Urad dhal - 1 tsp

Ghee - 1 tbsp

Grind:

Shredded coconut – 4 tbsp

Cumin seeds– 1 tsp

Green chillies - 3

Garlic - 2 cloves

Method:

1. Dry roast the moong dhal until it starts changing to light brown color.

2. Allow it cool and wash well.

3. Cook it with tumeric powder and enough water, until soft but not mushy.

4. Wash the spinach and chop it finely.

5. Cook spinach in a pan without covering with lid.

6. Grind all the ingredients under 'grind' into a smooth paste.

7. Add the cooked dhal and ground paste to the cooked spinach and add salt.

8. Bring it to a boil.

9. Meanwhile, heat ghee in another small pan and add the seasonings. Allow it to splutter and add it to the boiling spinach-dhal mixture.

10. Cook for 2 more min and turn off the stove.

Serve hot with rice.

You may also cook moong dhal and spinach together. Then add the ground paste and then do the seasoning. This would save a lot of time but i perfer cooking the dhal and spinach seperately.