Passion for Pulgura

Simple one pot spinach dish to be enjoyed with rice and ghee - Yummy....

Family secret shared here.

Love it and share it with your friends and family.

Cooking time - 30 min

Ingredients

Amaranthus - 1 bunch

Toor dal - 1/2 cup

Tomato - 2

Onion - 1

Garlic - 5 pods

Chillies - 10 to 15 ( adjust as per your taste and tolerance)

Tamarind - 1 Tbsp

Rock Salt -1 Tbsp

Water - 4 Cups

Seasoning

Onions - 1/2 - finely chopped

Curry leaves - 6 to 10 ( leaving scope for personal preference)

Garlic - 7 pods - finely sliced.

Mustard seeds

Oil

Recipe

• Wash greens, toor dal , tomato

• Cut tomato in large chunks

• Cut onion in large chunks

• Put all the ingredients in the list above into a pressure cooker and cook it for 5 whistles.

• Remove excess water

• Mash all of this into a think rough paste ( I use electric processor for a quick 2 minutes )

• Put a small pan on , add oil , when hot, put all the seasoning ingredients , once the onions are brown, out the seasoning into the green dal mixture.

• Ola - Nice yummy pulgura is ready

How to eat

• To be had with hot white rice and ghee for sure

Notes

• If you are using your hands , you should not use your entire hand

• No slurrping

• No sounds

• Close your mouth when you are eating

• You are free to watch cable, netflix, prime, etc...when you are eating ( not recommended by the grand mother ... but the site is maintained by her daughter who feels rebellious once in a while)