Spinach and Masoor Dal

Ingredients:
50gm spinach,
50gm masoor daal,
3 small onion,
4-5 green chilli,
2-tbsp oil,
1-tbsp turmeric powder,
Salt to taste.
Method:
Step 1: Wash and chopped the spinach. Soak the masoor dhal and pressure cook for 3 whistles.

Step 2: Open the cooker and mash the daal well.
Step 3: Heat the oil in tava and add chopped green chillies in it.

Step 4: After few second add chopped onion in it and cook until they are golden brown.

Step 5: Then add chopped spinach and mix well.

Step 6: After 2-3 minutes add masoor daal, turmeric powder and salt in it.

Step 7: Finally add SIMP masala in it and turn off the flame.

Step 8: Decorate with onion slices.

Serve hot with rice or roti.:)

Kindly thanks to my friend VIJI. I try your recipe and my entire family members love your recipe. Thank you.:)

SIMP (South Indian Masala Powder).

Kindly thanks to my friend Viji.
Ingredients:
2-tbsp split green gram,
2-tbsp Bengal gram,
7-8 black peper,
5-6 cashews,
1-tbsp coriander seeds,
1-tbsp hing (asafoetida),
1-tbsp sesame seeds,
1-tbsp cumin seeds,
1-tbsp red chilli powder,
1\2-tbsp turmeric powder,
1-tbsp dry mango powder,
10-12 curry leaves,Salt to taste.
Method:
Step 1: Roasted spilt green gram, Bengal gram, sesame seeds, cumin seeds, black pepper, and coriander seeds. All seeds roasted separately.

Step 2: Then grind all this roasted masala with curry leaves.

Step 3: Then add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, mango powder, salt and hing.

Step 4: Mix well and add cashew powder in it.

Step 5: Keep it in the air tight container. This is use in many South Indian dishes.

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Spinach and tomato curry

Spinach and tomato curry.
Ingredients:
100gm Spinach,
4-nos tomatoes,
2-tbsp oil,
1-tbsp red chilli powder,
1\2-tbsp turmeric powder,
1-tbsp garlic and red chilli paste,
Salt to taste.
Method:
Step 1: Wash the spinach gently. Cut spinach and tomato in to small pieces.

Step 2: Heat the oil in a pan and add garlic paste in it.

Step 3: After a few second add chopped tomatoes in it.

Step 4: Cook until tomato is look like gravy.

Step 5: After that add chopped spinach in it.

Step 6: Mix well and cook in high flame for 4-5 minutes.

Step 7: When spinach is mix well with tomato, turn off the flame.
Step 8: Serve hot with roti.

We use this curry with Khichdi and curd for light dinner.:)

Very healthy and nourishes dish.:)

Drumstick Curry

Ingredients:
8-10 drumsticks,
2- Potatoes,
2- Onions,
1-tbsp mustard seeds,
1-tbsp cumin seeds,
1\2-tbsp turmeric powder,
1-tbsp red chilli powder,
2-tbsp oil,
Salt to taste.
Method:
Step 1: Cut drumsticks in to long pieces.

Step 2: Pressure cook until they are soft only for 3-4 minutes not more than it.

Step 3: Cut potato and onion into small pieces.

Step 4: Heat the oil in pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds until they stir for a few second. Then add chopped potatoes in it.Step 5: When potatoes are golden brown then add chopped onion and cook for 5-minutes.

Step 6: After that add all ingredients masala in it.

Step 7: Then add boiled drumstick in it.

Step 8: Mix well all vegetable and cook for 2- minutes.

Step 9: Turn off the flame and one of the healthy side dish is ready to eat.

Serve hot with curd, achaar and roti.:)

Chickoo Juice

Ingredients:
3-pieces of chickoo,
4-tbsp sugar,
2-glass simple milk,
Little water or ice cube.
Method:
Step 1: Peel the chickoo,remove the seeds and cut in to small pieces.

Step 2: Then add sugar and ice-cube or water(optional) in it.

Step 3: Then add milk in it.

Step 4: After that grind with hand blender and drain in to glass.

* Serve Chilled in hot summer.:))