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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Spinach - Toordal Patoli / Sandiga Koora



I love cumin flavored, protein packed patolis and they keep appearing frequently in our menu. Usually I prepare patoli using chanadal but this time prepared toordal one using M's aunt's recipe.

List of ingredients for 4 generous servings:
A spinach bunch or 2 -3 cups of roughly chopped spinach leaves along with the tender stalks
For grinding:
Toordal - 1/2 cup soaked for a couple of hours, minimum
Cumin seeds – 1 Tbsp
Red chilies - 8 to 10 (depending upon the spiciness you prefer, medium to hot)
Grated, dry coconut / copra;- 1/4 cup (optional)
For tadka: Oil – 2 Tbsp,1 tsp each - mustard seeds, chanadal, uraddal, cumin seeds, few curry leaves and a pinch of asafoetida, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste


Preparation:
* Soak toordal in water for a minimum of 2 hours and drain.
* Coarsely grind toordal, cumin seeds, coconut and red chilies with as little as water as possible. Place this mixture in a container and cook on medium flame in a pressure cooker without the weight, till it is done (as you steam idlis). When it is done, the mixture would be dry. It would take about an hour or more and you have to remember to keep adding water to the cooker as the water keeps evaporating, during the cooking process. If you forget, you will end up with a burnt cooker. Let it cool for a while.
* Crumble the toordal mixture, which would have become dry at this point. You can either use it immediately or freeze it and use later. Usually I prepare this in large batches and freeze it in small portions so that I can use it next time with out thawing the entire quantity. Also I prefer this steaming method to frying since less oil is used and frying the toordal paste in the oil is messier. It is done while I am taking care of million other things in the kitchen. :)
* Heat oil in a pan. Add chana dal, urad dal, cumin, mustard seeds, curry leaves to the hot oil. When chana dal and urad dal begin to turn reddish, add turmeric powder and the spinach. Sauté for a few minutes or till spinach is done. Then add the toordal mixture and salt to the pan. Sauté for a couple of minutes more. Turn off the stove.
* This patoli can be served with rice or rotis.



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22 comments:

Simplyfood said...

I have not tried this dish before but it looks delicious.I will book mark and definately try it.

subhashini said...

sounds very healthy.

Anuradha Jayaseelan said...

Hi Suma, we follow the same method for beans and cabbage and we call that as Usili :) I have not heard the same thing with Spinach. Sounds interesting, will surely try :)

Unknown said...

The pics are simply superb. I love patoli and as you used I too had it with chana dal only. Love this version as well.

PranisKitchen said...

i used to prepare the curry with this spinach and toordal..really delicious..what a lovely picture..really good yarr

Unknown said...

Like your pics. Great way to cook this dish.

Priya Suresh said...

Patoli looks super delicious, healthy and nutritious..

Nisha said...

New to me , sounds healthy and delicious.

Nithu Bala said...

This is much similar to our paruppu usli..but I won't add cumin in usli..yummy curry..thanks for sharing..

Suman said...

WOW...such a healthy combination..looks delicious..yum.

Kiran said...

Patoli is a favorite dish,been a while I made it.Looks very delicious.Nice presentation.

FewMinute Wonders said...

the photos are amazing. Paruppu usili looks good.

Anu said...

New to me... yummy and healthy recipe..

Life is beautiful !!! said...

We call such preparation as paruppu usili....looks very appetizing. Beautiful pictures :)

Veggie Hut said...

very healthy and inbteresting recipe..

AJ said...

Great recipe!! Very nice photo!!

Nitha said...

We have a different preparation with spinach and toor dal.. This looks interesting..

Susan said...

Great photos, Suma! That second one beckons my fork to go dig in!

Thanks for sharing with MLLA!

dining room set said...

This is something new to me! It is the first time I saw this dish! Thanks for sharing.

Saraswathi Iyer said...

This looks like usli delicious with spinach. Thanks for the entry.

Unknown said...

This looks AMAZING.

harini-jaya said...

As u wrote, I prepared this with chana dal once but didn't get popular at home..may be I should give this version a try