12 BACHALI PAPPU / CLIMBING SPINACH DHAL

Bachali Pappu / kodi Pasalai Keerai Paruppu/ Climbing(vine or creeping or Malabar) Spinach Dhal/ Basale Soppina Bele

 

Have already posted a recipe using these leaves here. I am now posting an other recipe that goes well with rice. This can served with some fryums/papads and tastes great with rice and ghee.

Tuvar/ Toor dhal – ¾ cup

Climbing spinach – 2 cups ( washed and roughly chopped)

Pear onions – few or red onion – 1

Tomato – 1

Green chillies – 2

Garlic flakes – 6

Ginger – 1 inch

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Red chillies – 2 or 3 broken into half

Curry leaves – 1 sprig

Salt as needed

Mustard seeds and urad dhal – 1 tsp

Oil – 1 tbsp

Wash the dhal and take in a pressure cooker container. Add a drop of oil, turmeric powder , chopped tomato, green chillies, 2 or 3 garlic, roughly chopped spinach and enough water to immerse and pressure cook for 2 – 3 whistles. When done remove and mash very lightly. Just a churn.

Heat oil and add mustard seeds and urad dhal, curry leaves, broken red chillies and wait for few seconds. Next add crushed garlic and ginger and sauté for a minute, then add chopped onions and fry till brown. Next pour the cooked dhal and allow it to boil and bubble up. Add salt and mix well.

(Note :- Can skip using tomatoes and add tamarind paste in the end, when it is boiling)

In the end can add 1 or 2 drops of lime juice and mix.