Spinach with moong dal

Ingredients

Spinach - 300 or 400 grams
Moong dal- 1/4th or 1/2 cup
one and a half tsps of rasam powder
1/4th tsp of salt (For leafy vegetables, less salt is used)
2-3 tsps of mustard seeds
2-3 tsps of oil
a pinch of asafoetida
a pinch of turmeric powder

Method:

Pressure cook the moong dal until one whistle and cook on sim for 10 minutes with a pinch of turmeric powder. Dal gets cooked faster and becomes very soft by this method. Cut the spinach leaves. Wash thoroughly. In a kadai,add water. Add spinach leaves.Cook on medium high for 10 minutes. Spinach leaves will start shrinking. Add the cooked dal, rasam powder, salt and asafoetida and cook for few minutes. Then remove from fire. Then do the seasoning with oil and mustard seeds and add it to curry.