Palak Dal Pappu

Ingredients
Palak/Spinach - 2 cups ( 1 big bunch)
Toor dal - 1/3 cup
Tamarind water - 3 tbsp
Salt & water - as needed
Big onion - 1 no
Green chillies – 4-5 nos(slit)
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Sugar – a pinch
Oil - a drop
To temper
Cooking oil or ghee - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Garlic cloves - 5 nos
Red chillies - 2 nos
Curry leaves - few
Asafoetida - a big pinch
Method
Wash and chop the palak leaves finely.In a pressure cooker base,take the toor dal and add 2 cups of water.Add turmeric powder,roughly chopped big onion,slitted green chillies,salt,sugar and chopped palak leaves.
Let it pressure cook in low flame for one whistle.After the steam is released,open the cooker and mash everything well using a thick ladle or whisk. Add tamarind juice and boil it to bring its right consistency.
In a kadai, heat ghee or oil and splutter mustard seeds,urad dal,red chilli and crushed garlic cloves.Saute well for a minute and add them to the boiling dal.After the dal becomes slightly thick and pourable,remove it and serve hot with rice adding a drop of ghee.
NOTE. (Don't add tomatoes with palak
You can add tomatoes with any other greens.)