Red Radish Leaves Curry / Red Spinach Masiyal / Spicy Dal Palak

• Red spinach                              - 1 bunch
• Toor dal                                    - ½ cup
• Onion                                       - 1
• Tomato                                     - 1
• Green chilly                               - 1 or 2
• Garlic                                        - 2 pods
• Oil                                            - 1 tsp
• Mustard                                    - ¼ tsp
• Cumin                                       - ½ tsp
• Urad dal                                    - ¼ tsp
• Asafetida                                  - a pinch
• Salt to taste

1. Wash the spinach leaves and drain the water completely.
2. Cut the leaves to small pieces.
3. Chop onion, tomato, garlic, green chillies.
4. Wash and cook the toor dal in a pressure pan, until it is done.
5. Heat a non stick pan.
6. Add the spinach leaves, salt, green chillies, onion, tomato, garlic and cook covered with ½ cup of water in medium flame.
7. Once the contents are cooked and soft, remove from flame.
8. Allow to cool.
9. Mash the spinach  to coarse paste in a blender.
10. Transfer to a bowl.
11. Add the cooked dal and combine.
12. In a small fry pan, heat a tsp of oil.
13. Add mustard, cumin, urad dal, asafetida and allow to splutter.
14. Add this to the spinach masiyal.
15. Mix well.

16. Healthy and delicious Masiyal ready to enjoy with steamed white rice or roti.:)
    
    Have a lovely day..!
               Jay