My family prefers to have rasam,potato fry for a simple and comforting food.If I want to make the comforting meal more nutritious my choice would be some lentil and vegetable based kootu.
As my kids love spinach,I prefer to make kootu.I have shared my version of spinach kootu here and here.
But this version is slightly different and I had in my friend's place and it quiet interesting.It tasted awesome with the flavor of ghee.Also the use of mixed lentils with spinach makes a balanced meal with roti or rice.So I tried it for the protein rich theme, as it has used variety of lentils.
As ghee has natural fat its good to use in moderate quantity.If you want a vegan version then go ahead and use oil for the tempering.Off to the recipe...............
Basic Information Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time 20 minutes
Cooking time 20 minutes
Serves 4(generously)
Ingredients
Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
Spinach/palak | 4 cups(tightly packed) |
Channa dhal/kadalaparuppu | 1/2 cup |
Toor dhal/thuvaramparuppu | 2 tbs |
Moong dhal/paasiparuppu | 2 tbs |
Onion( finely chopped) | 1 medium size |
Green chilly/pachamilagai | 2 (slit lengthy) |
Tomato | 1 (medium size) |
| Turmeric powder/manjal podi | 1/4 tsp |
Red chilly powder/milagai podi | 1/4 tsp |
Garlic/poondu | 3-4(finely chopped) |
Salt | 3/4tsp |
Coriander leaves(finely chopped) | 1 tbs |
Oil | 1 tbs |
For tempering
Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
Mustard seeds/kadugu | 1/2 tsp |
Cumin seeds/jeeragam | 1 tsp |
Red chilly /varamilagai | 1 (broken) |
Asafoetida/perungayam | a pinch |
Method
- Wash and rinse the dhals,take the dhals,spinach,chopped onion,tomato,green chilly,salt,turmeric powder,red chilly powder in a pressure pan.
- Mix it well and add around 2 cups of water and pressure cook it for 2-3 whistles.Put off the flame and once the pressure subsides remove the lid.
- Meanwhile do the tempering with the given ingredients and fry the garlic.Add in a pinch of red chilly powder and put off the flame.Keep it aside.
- Now add in 1/2 cup of water to the cooked spinach and dhal mix and keep it on the flame.After one boil,add in the tempering and mix it well.Put off the flame.
- Serve it with rice or phulka.
Enjoy........................
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