Ingredients

• 1 cup - tur dal
• A few methi leaves, finely chopped
• A few spinach leaves, finely chopped
• 1/2 - onion, finely chopped
• A few cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 2 - tomatoes, blended
• 2 - green chillies, chopped
• A pinch of turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 inch - jaggery
• A few curry leaves
• A small pinch of jeera
• A few coriander leaves for garnish

How to Make Tur dal with methi and palak

• Boil the tuvar dal with turmeric powder in a pressure cooker for one whistle, so that the dal remains whole but is cooked. After cooking, a little water should remain in the cooker.
• In another frying pan, add some oil or ghee, fry jeera, then add curry leaves.
• Fry the onions till pink, add the garlic, finely chopped spinach and methi leaves.
• Stir fry for two mins. Then add tomatoes and cook till tomatoes are cooked fully.
• Add a small piece of jaggery and add this mix to the boiled dal. Cook for a few minutes for the flavours to blend.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rotis or naan.