Keerai Kootu

Ingredients

 * Moong daal - 1/2 cup
 * spinach - 340 gm.
 * cumin seeds (jeera) - 3 teaspoons
 * grated coconut - 6 teaspoons
 * pepper - 1 teaspoon
 * Green chillies - 4 (or less)

For Seasoning :


 * Red chillies - 2
 * mustard - 1 teaspoon
 * Cooking oil - 1 teaspoon
 * salt & asafoetida as required

Directions
Boil moong dal and spinach in the cooker and allow 2 whistles. (can be put in the same vessel) Grind the green chillies, pepper, coconut gratings, cumin seeds. In a wide-mouthed vessel (kadai) pour 2 tsps of cooking oil and season with mustard and red chillies. Now add the cooked dal - spinach mixture and put salt and the ground paste. Let it cook for five minutes, stirring in regular intervals. Now add a pinch of asafoetida.