Red split lentil spinach daal

• Ready in: 40 mins
• Serves: 6
• Complexity: easy

Red Split Lentil Daal with Spinach uses the most basic ingredients but the resulting dish has the most amazing flavour.  The garlic and red chilli tadka add a wonderful morish aroma.

Ingredients

• 1 cup red split lentils
• 150g fresh spinach
• 1 inch grated root ginger
• pinch of turmeric
• 1 red chilli chopped
• 1 handful of fresh coriander
• 3-4 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp jeera powder
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp tomato puree

Directions

1. Boil 2 cups of water and add lentils with the ginger and turmeric, simmer for 20 minutess until soft.
   
2. Add the washed and chopped spinach and coriander and simmer for another 10 minutes.
   
3. In a frying pan, heat the oil and gently fry the remaining ingredients for one minutes.  This is known as the "tadka".
   
4. Pour tadka over the daal and simmer for 5 minutes.
   
5. 5) Serve with fluffy basmati rice or fresh chapati.