Spinach Dal (aka Lentil w/ Spinach curry)

Ingredients

For sataying 

2 tsp oil

1 tsp mustard

1 tsp urid dal split

1 tsp Jeera (cumin)

Few curry leaves

1-4 red chillis 

pinch of aeasofotida 

pinch of tumeric

2 cups Spinach

1 small tomato chopped

1/2 onion chopped

2-3 cloves of garlic

1/2 cup of Toor Dal or Moong Dal.

Prepartion 

1. Pressure cook the Dal with garlic & tomato till tender, set aside.
2. Use a sauce pan, add oil, then add the sataying items. wait for the mustard to burst. 

3. Now add onions, when onions are translucent & add spinach. 

4. when Spinach is cooked, add the dal to it

5. Add salt to taste.

One or two items in the ingredients can be skipped. But usage of asafoetida (hing) & garlic with lentils are a good way to reduce the bloating caused by lentil consumption. Toor Dal & Moong dal are easily digestible by all esp kids, so it is an easy comfort food for all. It is a south Indian recipe.