Ingredients

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

How to Make Spinach Dal (Paalakoora Pulusu-koora)

• Pressure cook dal separately, adding adequate water. Keep aside.
• Wash the 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 the spinach and onions are cooked, add the dal. Mix well.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, jeera, red chillies and hing.
• After the mustard seeds splutter, add this to the spinach and dal mixture. Serve with hot rice and ghee or rotis.