Ingredients

• 1 bunch - spinach
• 1 - tomato
• 1 - green chilli
• tamarind, lime size
• 1 to 1.5 tbsp - sambar powder
• Salt
• Asafoetida, a pinch
• 1/2 cup - tur dal
• Turmeric, a pinch
• To temper: mustard seeds and jeera

How to Make Palak Sambar

• Cook dal with turmeric in a pressure cooker.
• Soak tamarind in warm water for 10 minutes and extract the water.
• Boil the tamarind water with chopped tomato, green chilli, asafoetida, salt and sambar powder for 15 minutes on medium heat.
• Chop spinach and add it to the Boiled tamarind water mixture.
• Let it boil for another 10 minutes.
• Add cooked dal and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Temper with mustard seeds and jeera.
• Recipe courtesy: http://www.indianvegetariankitchen.com/