Dahl shaag (lentils and spinach)

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ cup Mixed Dahl, Lentils, Split
Peas, Etc.
1 pounds Spinach
1 teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Turmeric
½ teaspoon Chili Powder
2 tablespoons Ghee -- --or -- vegetable
Oil
1 Onion -- finely chopped
½ teaspoon Cumin Seed
1 teaspoon Mustard Seed
1 teaspoon Garam Masala -- * see
Recipe

Directions

Wash the dahl and soak in water. In a large saucepan, put 3 cups of water on to boil. Wash, drain and chop the spinach finely. When the water boils add the drained dahl, salt turmeric and chili powder. Return to the boiling water and cook 5 minutes. Stir in the spinach and begin cooking over medium heat. Meanwhile, heat the ghee in a skillet. Fry the onion, cumin and mustard seed until the onions is golden. Stir this into the cooking dahl and spinach. Add the garam marsala. Cook over low heat until the dahl is is soft and the moisture is almost gone. If it gets too dry soon, add a small quantity of water form time to time.

Serves 4.

Recipe By :

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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