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

How to Make Palak and Red Lentil Curry

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