Ingredients:
Water Amaranth Leaves / Dwarf copperleaf / Ponnangannai Keerai: 4 cups, chopped
Chana Dal / Split Bengal Gram: ¼ cup
Turmeric Powder : ¼ tsp
Salt to taste
For seasoning:
Dried Red Chillies : 4
Mustard Seeds: ½ tsp
Chana Dal : ½ tsp
Urad Dal : ½ tsp
Oil: 1 tbsp
Method:
1.Put the rinsed chana dal in a pressure cooker and sprinkle with a handful of water.
2. Pressure cook it for 3 – 4 whistles. The important thing for this recipe is the dal should not be overcooked.
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Ponnaganti Fry, dal and soft jowar roti |
3.
Heat oil in a pan for seasoning. Add the mustard seeds, chana dal and
urad and fry until lentils are golden color. Add the broken red chillies
to it and fry for a couple of seconds.
4. Then add the washed and wet
leaves, salt and turmeric powder. Mix well and cover with a lid. Let it
cook completely.
5. Now add the cooked chana dal and combine well. fry for
a couple of minutes and switch off the flame. Serve hot with rice or
roti.
Check out other recipes with greens :
- Palak Paneer Bhurji
- Carrot Methi Curry
- Palak Toor Dal Fry
- Gongura Pulusu Koora
- Spinach Plantain Curry
- Corn Amaranth Pakora
delicious and yummy dish.
Healthy and delicious stir fry. Adding pressure cooked channa dhal makes it different from my version. 🙂
This is such a healthy & tasty spinach.. Love that stir fry !!
Delicious stirfry Hari.
Loved this side-dish!!! 🙂
love the clicks and yummy stir fry
yummy and healthy stir fry
Delicious and mouthwatering fry.
Deepa
Yummy stir fry..love the green color.
Love the addition of dal here, healthy stir fry.