Last Th level I was running several errands. Well, nearly evenings I accept errands to run, but this detail day was to a greater extent than hectic than the others. The argue for this was that I had to attend the PTA coming together but earlier an lx minutes earlier that, I had to meet-up alongside the out-going treasurer for transfer of information. You see, was sort of cuckolded into the pose of treasurer for the PTA. Thursday also happens to survive my 24-hour interval for grocery shopping. In midst of all this, I had cipher for dinner. When I nation nothing, I hateful cipher cooked!! When I got domicile from worked, I rapidly cooked the rice in addition to the lentils inwards the pressure level cooker in addition to hence left for the meetings. When I came dorsum home, I was likewise tired to brand anything. I wanted to develop spinach in addition to lentils separately. I decided to brand them together. The traditional dal-palak ( lentil-spinach) stew/soup is made using separate dove peas. I decided to combine whole orangish lentil in addition to spinach in addition to brand the stew but inwards a quick fashion. I washed, chopped in addition to cooked the spinach along alongside 1 chopped Lycopersicon esculentum & 1 onion. I added the cooked lentils to the spinach alongside some tabular array salt in addition to asofoetida. I hence tempered this mixture alongside sautéed garlic, ruby-red chilli in addition to garam masala powder. Delicious chili Garlic spinach-lentil stew was ready! My hubby went for seconds!!
Sometimes, the best recipes are those that y'all come upwards up with, either accidentally or when inwards a hurry! Do laissez passer it a try. It is nutritious in addition to delicious!
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: xx mins
Total time: xxx mins
Servings: 2-3
Ingredients:
Whole orangish lentil: 1/2 cup
Water: 1 & 1/2 cups + 1/2 cup
Green chillies: 1,slit( tin toilet survive adjusted equally per private spice preference)
Spinach: 1 & 1/2cups, chopped
Onion: 1, small, chopped
Tomato: 1 small, chopped
Garlic: 5-6 cloves, chopped fine
Coconut oil: 1 tsp ( whatever cooking crude oil tin toilet survive used).
Red chilli powder: 1/2 tsp ( tin toilet survive adjusted equally per private spice preference.
Asofoetida: a pinch if using powder, 1/4 tsp if using solution.
Garam masala: 1/4 tsp ( optional)
Salt: equally per taste.
Method:
Rinse the whole orangish lentil in addition to add together it to a pot alongside 1 in addition to 1/2 cups water.
Cook until tender ( only about xx minutes on stove-top, 10 minutes if cooked inwards pressure level cooker). Turn off the open fire in addition to continue aside.
Separately develop the spinach alongside 1/2 loving cup water, chopped onion, Lycopersicon esculentum in addition to tabular array salt for 6-8 minutes. Turn off the flame.
Add the cooked lentils in addition to Asofoetida to this in addition to mix well.
In a pocket-size frying pan/sauté pan or kadai, estrus kokosnoot crude oil on medium heat.
Add the chopped garlic cloves. Sauté until garlic is fragrant.
Add the chilli pulverization in addition to garam masala powder. Turn off the flame( survive careful non to forcefulness out the chilli powder)!!
Add this to the lentils.
Serve hot alongside rice/roti/bread.
Enjoy!!
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Cooking made easy:
The develop fourth dimension tin toilet survive fifty-fifty lower if y'all develop the lentils in addition to spinach inwards the same pot. If using the pressure level cooker, y'all tin toilet add together to the pot the lentils, spinach, onion in addition to Lycopersicon esculentum together in addition to develop it. If using the stove top, y'all tin toilet develop the lentils alongside the tomatoes in addition to the onions in addition to add together the spinach towards the end.
The consistency in addition to sense of savor volition vary a footling depending on the cooking method selected. If cooked inwards the pressure level cooker, it volition survive to a greater extent than soupy inwards consistent spell the stove-top volition laissez passer y'all a to a greater extent than stew-like consistency.
Tip for salubrious living:
Making wholesome soups/stews similar this non solely makes dinner tardily but also provides for a consummate meal!