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NUMBER 1: LENTIL BASED SPINACH CURRY
(american version of pappu keerai)
Prepartion Time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10-15 minutes ( out of 1440 minutes available per day)
Quantity: 4-5 people ( considering the appetite of an avg. grad student)
What do you need: (available at walmart or at friends apts)
Cooker - 1 (medium size)
Spinach - 1 packet(frozen)
Grated Coconut - 1 cup (frozen)
Toor/Moong dhall - 1 cup
Green Chilli - 4/5 depending on your taste buds
Sambar powder - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Add Salt to taste
How to cook:
1. Add the defrosted spinach and dhall in the cooker.
2. Add the coconut, chilli(cut into small pieces), sambar powder, turmeric powder and cumin seeds along with it.
3. Pour 3.5 to 4 cups of water ( 2 for dhall and 1.5/2 for spinach)
4. Close the lid and cook it for 4-5 whistles.
After the spinach is cooked, fry mustard seeds and curry leaves and mix it with the curry.
IMPROVEMENT:
- You can replace the green chilli with 1 or 2 tbsp of pepper/ pepper powder if you want to try a different taste.
- You can add french cut beans or cauliflower or onions with the spinach.
I know that this recipe is not something new or innovative. But there might be someone who doesn't even heard abt this. I would be more than happy if that person tries and likes it. This post is just for reference purpose.
6 comments:
super da.......machannnnnnnn...pasikuthu daaaaaaaa....eppo-ve,,,,,,:O
for ppl reading this blog .....
I have been a VICTIM for this recipe several times ... n i wud like to say that this recipe is one of the main reasons for my survival in recent time ...
PS: very easy n quick to make during dead weeks .... !!
Am drooling all over my office desk.... Nice way to give the FBI blokes some job to do....
Loved the intro and the end part of the post.. In between recipe - Am not offering my guinea pigs for ur expt.... :D
thanks da for all the years I have not cooked, may be now is the time....
Very Creative da - not the recipe, the rest - but, since recipe is time and makkal tested, I think everyone can safely try it ;)
dei...samaichi poduddaaa...indha recipe naale daan sila pala paeru oda vaazhkaiye pogudu..:P good writing though before the part of the recipe!
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