Spinach Kootu

Ingredients

Spinach – 1 packet / 2 bundles

Dry red chilli – 5 Nos.

Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon

Coconut scrapings – 1 cup

Cooked toor dhal – 1 cup (Medium consistency)

Tempering

Mustard – 1 teaspoon

Urad dhal – 1 teaspoon

Bengal gram dhal – 1 teaspoon

Asafoetida – pinch

Salt – to taste

Oil – 1 teaspoon

Method

a) Fine grind – coconut scrapings, red chilli, cumin with little water.

b) Cut spinach into small pieces.

c) Keep a pan on medium flame, add spinach with little water and allow this to cook.

d) Add salt, asafoetida, ground masala and cooked toor dhal to spinach.

e) Allow this on flame for 5 mins until it loses raw smell.

f) In a separate pan, add tempering – mustard, urad dhal, Bengal gram dhal.

g) Add the tempering to the cooked spinach.