Spinach Soup ( Keerai kootu)

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Ingredients:

• Spinach 1 bunch
• Yellow Green Gram dhal – ½ cup 
• Red or green chilly – 4
• Tomato - 1
• Bay leafs - 5
• Garlic - 5 cloves (Big one)
• Mustard seeds- 1 tsp 
• Cumin seeds 1 tsp
• Onion – 15 to 20 small chopped
• Sambar powder- 1 tsp 
• Turmeric powder- ½ tsp 
• Asafetida – 1 tsp
• Coconut gratings – 3 tsp
• Oil- 4 tsp 
• Salt – ½ teaspoon
• Water  - 4 cup

Methods:

• Wash and soak the yellow green gram dal for 15 minutes. Drain and keep aside.
• Wash the spinach, cut the leafs and keep aside
• Boil spinach, onion, tomato, garlic and yellow green gram dal.
• Boil until gram dal and garlic get smashed.
• Heat the oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. Wait for mustard seeds start spluttering, add bay leafs, cumin seeds and chilly and fry.
• Mix the fried item into boiled spinach and add turmeric powder, asafetida powder, Sambar powder and salt. Cook for another 5 mins.
• Serve with rice or chapathi.