Ingredients

• Spinach - 2 bunches
• Toor dal - 1 cup
• Onion (big)- 1
• Green Chillies - 2 (medium spice)
• Tamarind - 1 small ball or tamarind paste - 1 tsp
• Sambar powder - 1 to 1.5 tsp
• Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves
• Salt as per taste
• For Seasoning:
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Jeera - 1/4 tsp
• Red Chillies - 1
• Hing - 1 pinch

How to Make Sizzling Spinach Dal

• Pressure cook dal separately by adding adequate water. Keep aside.
• Wash spinach leaves and chop them.
• Chop onions and green chillies.
• Soak the tamarind in water for some time and squeeze the pulp (do not make thick paste).
• Now mix all the above (except dal) adding curry leaves, turmeric powder and sambhar powder. Boil it till the spinach leaves and the onions are cooked well.
• Once spinach and onions are cooked. Add dal and mix well.
• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, jeera red chillies and hing.
• After the mustard seeds splutter, add this spinach and dal mixture.
• Serve with rice and rotis.