CHEERA PARIPPU CURRY / DAL PALAK

Dal Paalak is a side dish which is packed with more than 100 health benefits. The benefits of dal and spinach is known from ancient days. I hope everybody remembers how Popeye made him healthy by eating tins of Spinach :).

Ingredients : 

Cheera / Palak : 1bunch, chopped

Toor Daal : 1/2Cup

Shallots : 4 or 5, chopped

Green Chilli : 2, halved

Coconut Milk- sec extract : 1Cup

Coconut milk - First Extrat  :1/2Cup

Curry Leaves : 2spring

Turmeric Powder : 1/4tsp

Mustard Seeds : 1/2tsp

Dry red chillies : 2

Salt

Coconut Oil

Method : 

1. Pressure cook daal with turmerric powder and salt.

2.  Now add the chopped palak, shallots, green chilles, salt and 1spring of curry leaves to the cooked daal. Cook in medium flame with second extract of coconut milk.

3. When curry becomes thick, add first extract of coconut milk and cook in low flame for 1minute.

4. Add coconut oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Now add dry red chillies and curry leaves and saute well. Add this to curry and serve hot with rice.

Note  : Make sure  that you add correct amount of water to cook daal. Palak will release lots of water while cooking. If you are adding more water with daal curry wont get correct thick gravy.