Palakura Pappu(Spinach Dal) Recipe

Ingredients:
1 small cup tur dal/red gram dal/kandi pappu
2 cups chopped and tightly packed palakura/palak/spinach
1 onion, chopped
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
2-3 green chillis, slit lengthwise
1/2 tsp chopped ginger
salt to taste
1 1/2 cups water, approx
For seasoning/poppu/tadka:
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp urad dal/minappa pappu/split gram dal (optional)
3-4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 dry red chillis, de-seed and tear
10-12 fresh curry leaves
2-3 tsps oil

Method:
1 In a pressure cooker, place dal, palak leaves, onions, green chillis, ginger and turmeric pwd. Add 1 1/2 to 2 cups of water and pressure cook upto 2 whistles. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel, add mustards seeds , add cumin seeds, urad dal, garlic, red chillis and curry leaves and stir fry for half a minute.Add this to the pressure cooked dal along with salt and saute well. Cook on slow to medium flame for 5-7 mts without lid or till you get the consistency of your choice. Serve with white rice
Variation:
You can prepare it differently by frying onions and palak leaves along with the tempering and combine the cooked dal with the fried onion-palak mixture.