Ingredients
Serves: 4
1 cup yellow moong dal
1 large bunch (15 – 20 leaves) fresh spinach leaves, roughly shredded
1 teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)
Salt to taste
1 inch piece of fresh ginger, grated
2 green chillis, slit in halves
4 cups water
2 teaspoons ghee or oil
1 teaspoon cumin (jeera) seeds
1 teaspoon mustard (rai) seeds
2 dry red chillis, broken in thirds
6 curry leaves (kadipatta)
One pinch asafoetida (hing) powder
Directions
1. Boil moong dal and spinach with turmeric, salt, ginger, green chillis in 4 cups water till dal is cooked, about 20 minutes.
Heat oil or ghee in a small frying pan. Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, red chillis, curry leaves, and asafoetida powder. Pour this mixture into the cooked dal. Cook 5 minutes and serve.