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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wash and soak the moong dhal in plenty of water and leave to stand for 11/2 hours. Drain well. | 2. Melt the butter over medium heat and fry the onions, green chilli, and cinnamon, till the onions are light brown. | 3. Add the turmeric and garam masala, stir well. | 4. Add the dhal, chilli powder and salt. stir and cook for 3 minutes. | 5. Add the water and tomatoes, bring to the boil and cook covered for 30 minutes. | 6. Defrost the spinach. | 7. Heat the oil over medium heat and fry the mustard seeds till they start to pop. | 8. Add the garlic and allow to just brown, add the dried chillies and spinach, stir well, cover the pot and cook for 5 minutes. | 9. Add the spinach to the dhal cover and cook over pow heat for 10 minutes Stirring from time to time. | 10. Serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
mung bean	6	ounces		51.0291	10.1038	5.1709	0.3062
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
onion	1		sliced	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
green chili	1		sliced	60.0	14.19	3.0	0.3
cinnamon	2			-	-	-	-
turmeric	1/2	teaspoon	ground	4.68	1.0071	0.1452	0.0488
garam masala	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
chili powder	1/4	teaspoon		1.9035	0.3355	0.0909	0.0964
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cumin	1	teaspoon	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
tomato	2		ripe skinned chopped	124.1379	27.5262	6.4768	1.0795
water	20	fluid		-	-	-	-
cooking oil	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
black mustard seed	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
garlic clove	3		chopped	-	-	-	-
red chilies	2		chopped	-	-	-	-
spinach	4	ounces	defrosted frozen	24.9476	4.4225	2.4948	0.3402

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