Description
This is an srilankan Dish , and our families all time favourite.
we can make this dish with all kinds of greens, but spinach gives it the taste.
| Ingredients-1 | |
|---|---|
| 1 lb | Spinach |
| 1 cup | Lentils |
| 1 cup | Coconut milk |
| 1 no | Onion |
| 2 no | Green chllies |
| 2 no | Garlic cloves |
| 1 tsp | Turmeric powder |
| 1 tsp | Mustard seeds |
| 2 T | Unroasted curry poder |
| 1 no | Cinnamon stick |
| 1 tsp | Lemon grass |
| Salt (as per taste) | |
| 1 cup | Water |
| Ingredients-2 | |
|---|---|
| 2 T | Corriander seeds |
| 1 T | Cumin seeds |
| 1 tsp | Fennel seeds |
Instructions
For making unroasted curry powder ,Grind all the ing in table -2, without roasting . If u need more , u can increase the quantity .
Directions:
Clean spinach and cut into small pieces.
Dice garlic clove, onion and green chillies .
Wash lentils and mix with spinach.
In a pan add all spices, onion, garlic, green chillies, cinnamon and lemon grass [ optional ] with lentils and spinach and boil for 10 minutes at medium heat.
Finally add salt and coconut milk and cooking for 2 minutes on low heat.
In another pan , heat oil , add mustard seeds ,when they splutter ,add it immediately to the curry. garnish with corriander leaves .
U can serve it with rice , chappathi and roti.
Comments
6 responses to “SPINACH WITH LENTILS”
which lentils did you use in this receipe
Kalpana,
This is a member contribution recipe, mostly Srilankans use Red lentil/Masoor/Moong dal and by the color I guess its Moong dal. Hope this helps. Thanks.
Hail the mighty lentil!!! quite different from usually lentil preparations. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks mullai 🙂
Hi
Can u tell us how to make that unroasted curry powder ?
Regs
Jaya
Hi jaya ,
I actually missed to include the ing for curry powder , i hve updated it know .
u can check it out.
regards
sathya