Saturday, April 20, 2013

Palak Pepper Kootu













Ingredients
Chopped Palak leaves - 2 cups
Chopped Small Onion - 6 to 8
Chopped Garlic - 2 tblsp
Oil - 1 tblsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Urud dal - 1/2 tsp
Red chilly - 1
Green chilly - 1
Pepper - 1 tsp
Moong dal - 4 tblsp
Turmeric powder -1/3 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Salt
Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Coconut - 2 piece

Preparation
1.Soak Moong dal in water with turmeric powder for 30 min. Pressure cook for 3 whistle.
2. Grind coconut, pepper and jeera to smooth paste.
3. Heat oil in pan and temper with mustard, urud dal, curry leaves and green chilly.
4. Add garlic and fry until it turns golden brown in color. Add onion and fry until it turns golden brown in color. Add chopped palak and turmeric powder and mix well. Add 1 cup water, close the pan and cook until palak is done. Add dal and ground coconut paste and cook until all blends well and thick in consistency. Switch off stove. Serve hot with any rice combo!

Note
You can replace moong dal with thoor dal or mix of both dal.

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