Keerai Masiyal

Ingredients
Items	Qnty	Comments
Spinach(Palak)	¼ kilo or ½ lbs	(tamil:pasalaik keerai)
Moong dhal (yellow)	1/3 cup	(tamil:pasi paruppu)
Garlic	2 flakes	(tamil:vellai poondu)
Red chillies	3	(tamil:vara milagai)
Cummin seeds	1 teaspoon	(tamil:seeragam)
Urad Dhal	½ teaspoon	(tamil:ullantham paruppu)
Asafoetida	½ teaspoon	(tamil:perungayam)
Salt	½ teaspoon	or as required
Oil	2 teaspoons	For frying

Method

1. Wash the spinach in cold water and drain it well.

2. Cut spinach evenly and slit the garlic.

3. Wash the moong dhal and keep it in a vessel that goes into the pressure cooker.

4. Add 1/2 teaspoon of cummin seeds,red chillies, garlic,spinach,1/2 cup water and salt in that order to moong dhal and pressure cook all the ingredients together for 4 whistles or 5 minutes.

5. Remove from the cooker and smash with a spatula.

6. Heat the oil in a sauce pan and add cummin seeds and urad dhal.

7. When it splutters pour the spinach mixture into it.

8. Allow to boil for 2 minutes and it becomes quite thick.Off the stove.

9. Transfer to a serving dish.

Tips

· Don’t pour too much water to the spinach when keeping inside the pressure cooker otherwise it will lose it’s consistency.

· This dish should be served with ghee and rice.

· It is very good for kids.