Bachali Kura Pappu

Bachali kura (Malabar Spinach) cooked with split red gram.


Ingredients :

• Bachali Kura Leaves - 1 bunch
• Toor Dal - 1 cup
• Tomatoes - 2 medium
• Tamarind Extract - 1 tbsp
• Garlic - 2 cloves
• Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Whole Red Chillies - 2
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
• Curry Leaves - 1 spring
• Salt - to taste
• Red Chili Powder - to taste
• Ghee - 1 tbsp

Directions:

• Remove and discard the hard stems of the bachali kura. Wash and chop the leaves.
• In a pressure cooker, take toor dal, chopped leaves, diced tomatoes, turmeric powder and cook with sufficient water till 3 whistles or till dal is cooked.
• Let the pressure release by itself before you open the pressure cooker.
• The dal now needs tempering.
• In a small pan, heat ghee, splutter mustard seeds. Add red chillies, crushed garlic, curry leaves, asafoetida, tamarind extract. Cook for a minute. Turn off the heat, add red chili powder.
• Pour this over the dal. Add salt and give it a good mix.
• Serve hot with plain steamed rice or roti.