spinach dal(paalakurapappu)

Ingredients

Toor Dal           1cup
Spinach             around 1/2 lb
tamarind            1/2 of the strand
turmeric             2 tsp
chilli powder      1 tbsp
Ghee or butter
1 small onion(chopped)
chillies 1-2
Garlic cloves 2-3
curry leaves
urad dal   1tsp
Dry Red Chillis  2
cumin seeds      3tsp
mustard seeds   3tsp
methi seeds       5(count)

1.cook dal until 70% done then add spinach.After it is cooked fr a whilw then go ahead and
   tamarind,turmeric,chilli powder and cook it until it is done.
or else cook in a pressure cooker with all the ingredients in the above line 1

2.Important part would be temperimg,be it daal or sambaar.
3.Heat ghee or butter until nice aroma comes from it
4.add crushed garlic pods,red chillies,methi seeds saute them for a while.
5.add urad dal,cumin seeds,mustard seeds,saute them.
6.add curry leaves.(don't add onions and chillies right here because you want to hear daal sizzling)
7.Add this to Daal(you should hear daal sizzling as soon as you pour ghee into it.)
8.Take a litle of ghee fry chopped onions and green chillies.
Add to the dal.Mix it well.Keep it on heat for about 3 minutes.
Serve it with rice.

**You can follow the same recipe for methi daal(menthikura pappu) with methi leaves,
bottlegouard daal(tastes really good),Dosakai(Indian cumcumber) pappu,Thotakura(amaranth leaves)pappu
tomato pappu  etc.........................

**right amount of tamarind salt will make the taste of daal

Dosekai pappu (Toor dal with indian cumcumber)

It is definitely one of the best Indian dishes.Enough amount of tamarind,salt,chillipowder will make the dal tasty.The best part for all the dishes and particularly for dal would be tempering,this is the point where you can add lot of flavors to your dish which make it delicious.

Let us go into the recipe.

This recipe will serve 2-3 persons

1/2 cup dal

1 1/2 inch tamarind strand (I use tamarind pulp so I add just a big pea size tamarind)

3 tsp chillipowder

salt

For tempering

Ghee or butter

Dry red chillies 3

Crushed garlic 2 big ones.

urad dal

mustard seeds

cumin seeds

curry leaves

green chillies

onions

1.cook dal with enough water.when dal is 90% done you can grind it well using a spatula then add cucumber pieces,turmeric powder,chillipowder and salt.

2.Meanwhile