Hulipalya ( Red Gram with Spinach )
Hulipalya is a flavourful Protein Rich green from Udupi Cuisine . Lentils and spinach are seasoned with sambar powder , the curry is a perfect balance of flavors with tamarind and jaggery.
Ingredients
- 400 gms spinach chopped
- 3/4 cup pigeon pea daal
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp sambar powder
- 1 tbsp grated jaggery
- Few curry leaves
- 2 tbsp fresh coconut grated
- 11/2 tsp Tamarind
Tempering
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
- 1/4 tsp asafoetida
- 3 green chillies
Instructions
- Soak tamarind in warm water for 5-10 minutes, squeeze out the juice and keep aside .
- Heat ghee in a pressure cooker .
- Add mustard seeds , let splutter .
- Add fenugreek seeds , asafoetida and green chillies .
- Add spinach , washed daal and turmeric powder . Sauté till the spinach wilts .
- Add 3 cups water and cook for 10 minutes on slow flame after the cooker reaches full pressure .
- Open the cooker after the pressure is released , churn the spinach with a blender .
- Add tamarind juice and salt .
- Boil for 5 minutes and then add sambar powder , jaggery and curry leaves.
- Add coconut and stir .
- Remove from heat and serve .
