SPINACH-CRANBERRY PAPPU/DAL

Ingredients :
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Spinach-1 bunch
cranberries-1/2cup
Toor dal-1cup
Ginger-small piece
Green chillies-2
Onions-sliced onion (1/2 of small onion)
cilantro-garnish
salt-1tsp
turmeric-Pinch
Coriander powder-1/2 tsp

Seasoning Ingredients :
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oil-1tsp
mustard-1/2tsp
Cumin-1/2tsp
garlic-4-5 cloves( peeled and crushed)
curry leaves-few sprigs

Garnish:
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Chopped Cilantro-1tbsp

Procedure :
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1).Dry roast the toor dal on medium flame for 4-5minutes or until nice aroma comes out of the toor dal.
2)Wash and soak the toor dal for 10minutes and drain the dal and keep aside.keep the drained water aside to be used for cooking the dal.
3).Meanwhile bring water to boil in a pan and add drained Toor dal to it.Bring it to boil and cover with a lid and cook on medium flame until 3/4th cooked.
4).Now add the sliced onion,green chilies,ginger,washed cranberries,and cook till cranberries are soft.If needed add the preserved water drained from soaked toor dal.
5).Finally add washed and chopped spinach ,salt,coriander powder,and cook on meidum flame until cooked .
6).heat oil in another pan,and do the seasoning by adding mustard,cumin seeds,garlic cloves,redh chillies,curry leaves and add to the cooked dal and cover the lid and keep the dal aside for 10 minutes.Garnsh with chopped cilantro.

Note:Serve hot with paapad or vadiyalu or any other fritters of potato,pumpkin etc.