Dal Saag

Name: Dal Saag
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 2-3 tablespoons oil; ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric; ¼ teaspoon asafoetida; 8 curry leaves; 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds; 2 green chillies, seeded and cut into 1 cm (½ inch) pieces; 3 cm (1¼ inch) piece of ginger, grated; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 100 g (3½ oz) English spinach leaves, roughly chopped; 5 spring onions (scallions), finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food of India

By Priya Wickramasinghe and Carol Selva Rajah

Published 2005

About

Combining vegetables with lentils is popular throughout India. Take care not to overcook this dish after adding the spinach, otherwise you will lose its lovely, rich green colour.

Ingredients

225 g (8 oz) moong dal
2-3 tablespoons oil

Asia
India
Side dish
Spicy
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Put the moong dal in a heavy-based saucepan, add 750 ml (3 cups) water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes, or until the moong dal are soft and breaking up. The moong dal tend