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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. 1. Buy 1 kg of spinach leaves and wash them thoroughly. Separate the leaves from the stalks. Chop the leaves finely to make 7 1/2 cups approximately of chopped spinach leaves. | 2. 2. Take channa dal in a bowl. Clean it to remove stones, dirt, etc. Wash it thoroughly and then soak it in plenty of water for 20 minutes. Drain before using for preparation. | 3. 3. Heat oil in a pot/pressure cooker. | 4. 4. Once it is hot, add cumin seeds and allow to crackle. | 5. 5. Once the cumin seeds stop crackling, add chopped ginger and garlic. Stir-fry for a few minutes or until the raw smell of ginger and garlic is gone. | 6. 6. Fold in chopped onions and chopped green chillies. Stir-fry until browned. | 7. 7. Add all the spice powders i.e. turmeric, red chilli and corriander powders. | 8. 8. Now add the drained channa dal. Mix well and stir-fry for five minutes on medium heat. | 9. 9. Fold in the cubed potatoes. Mix well and allow them to cook for 5 minutes. | 10. 10. Next add the chopped tomatoes and mix well. Cook on medium-high flame until softened. | 11. 11. Fold in the chopped spinach leaves, ambut chukka and fresh dill leaves. Mix thoroughly. | 12. 12. Add salt to taste and a cup of water. Mix well. | 13. 13. Cover and allow to pressure cook for upto 4 whistles. If you are cooking this in a pot, then cover the pot and allow to cook on medium-high flame for about 45 minutes or until this appears to be very mushy. | 14. 14. Remove from heat and mash well. A good way to do this is to mash from all sides to the center gradually. | 15. 15. Mix in 1/2 cup of water. | 16. 16. Remove from flame and serve hot with Brown rice pulao. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
spinach leaf	7 1/2	cups		339.3	49.257	42.471000000000004	6.669
extra virgin olive oil	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
garlic clove	9		peeled washed chopped	-	-	-	-
onion	2		peeled washed chopped	88.0	20.548000000000002	2.42	0.22
ginger	2	inches	peeled washed chopped	-	-	-	-
cumin seed	1	tablespoon		22.5	2.6544	1.0686	1.3362
green chilies	2		washed	-	-	-	-
tomato	3		washed chopped	84.87	18.819000000000003	4.428	0.738
coriander powder	4	teaspoons		21.456	3.9593	0.8906	1.2794
turmeric powder	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
red chili powder	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
channa dal	3/4	cup	washed soaked drained	-	-	-	-
potato	2		peeled washed cut	-	-	-	-
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
water	1 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
dill leaf	1/2	bunch	chopped	-	-	-	-
sorrel	1/2	bunch	chopped	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.