SPINACH CURRY (SPINACH WITH MINAPA VADIYALU)

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped spinach
5 tbsp rice
1 green chilly
2 tbsp seaseme seeds
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp urad daal
1 red chilly
few minapa vadiyalu (urad daal fryums)
salt to taste
oil

Preparation method:

1. Soak raw rice in water for 1/2 hour

2. Boil chopped spinach in a microwave untill it is soft

3. Take a blender and grind green chilly and seaseme seeds and then add soaked rice and grind to a fine paste

4. Heat a pan, add oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, red chilly and fry well

5. Add the fine paste to this and stir for one minute

6. Then add the cooked spinach and sufficient water, stir continuously so that it will not stick to the pan. Switch off the stove when the curry is well cooked.

7. Take another small pan and shallow fry minapa vadiyalu and then add to the above curry.

Serve hot with rice and ghee