Spinach-Moong dhal pindi kooram

Ingredients:

Moong dhal - 1/4 cup

Spinach - a bunch

Salt - to taste

To grind smoothly:

Garlic cloves - 7

Raw rice soaked in water for 15 minutes - 3 tbsp

Coconut grated - 5 tbsp

Water - as needed

To Temper:

Ghee - 3 tbsp

Curd Chilies - 7

Urad dhal - 1 tbsp

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

To garnish:

Cilantro chopped - 3 tbsp

Method:

1. Cook moong dhal with lots of water.
2. Smash it.
3. Keep it aside.
4. Chop Spinach.
5. Cook spinach with water and salt.
6. Now add cooked and smashed dhal, and ground paste to the cooked spinach.
7. Mix well.
8. Add more water if needed.
9. Bring it to boil.
10. Switch off the heat.
11. Add temper and garnish with cilantro.
12. This goes well with steaming white rice with any pickle.

Idly Rava - Moong Dhal Upma

Ingredients

Oil - 1/4 cup

Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Urad dhal - 3/4 tsp

Curd chillies - 3

Green chillies - 3

Red chillies - 3

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Fresh or dry coconut grated - 3 tbsp

Moong dhal -1/4 cup

Idly Ravva - 3/4 cup

Salt - to taste

Method

1. Pressure cook moong dhal seperately with 3/4 cup of water and keep it aside.

2. In a wide pan, heat oil, to that add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dhal, curd chillies, green chillies, red chillies and curry leaves.

3. Once all these fry, immediately add 2 and 1/2 cups of water, coconut, salt, cooked moong dhal and bring it to boil and slowly add idly ravva stirring continuously the boiling water.

4. Close the lid immediately, and cook it in medium flame for 1/2 an hour, stir it now and then.

5. Serve it with any pickle or dhal rasam.

Pesarattu

Ingredients and method

Wash & soak in water for about 8 hours:

Whole green moong dal - 1 cup

Raw rice - 1/2 cup

Grind:

First grind:

Green chillies - 5

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Chopped Ginger - 3 tbsp

Chopped raw onion - 5 tbsp

Salt - to taste

Then add and grind to a smooth batter:

soaked dal and rice

Chop these items into very tiny pieces and set aside to sprinkle on top of dosa:

Onion

Ginger

Green chillies and

curry leaves

How to make dosa

Heat dosa pan, pour a ladle full of batter and spread it out in circular motion, sprinkle a tsp of oil and items to sprinkle on top of dosa, once the bottom is done, flip it over and add another tsp of oil and wait for a minute. Again, flip it over and put upma inside and fold it and serve with ginger chutney.