http://stephargaret060.cabbycentral.com/ gardening, recipes, my world en http://stephargaret060.cabbycentral.com/2009/03/22/sambar-spinach-and-dal-vegan.html I came residence again today with a huge bag of spinach from my garden. The freezer is full. I have frozen mucho spinach this winter. This is Austin as well as I have been harvesting the spinach I planted in October since December. I couldn’t eat another spinach salad or any more steamed spinach so I made this Indian dish. Ingredients toor dal 3/4 cup  fresh spinach 8 cups tamarind paste 1/2 tsp. oil 2 tsps. mustard seed 1 tsp urud dal 1 tsp chana dal 1 tsp. sambar powder 4 tsp tumeric powder 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 salt 1.Put toor dal in 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover as well as simmer on behalf of 30 minutes until soft. 2. In a wok or cast iron frying pan heat oil. Add mustard seed. When they pop add urud dal as well as chana dal. Heat until chana dal turns brown. 3.Add spinach with 1/2 cup water. Cook on behalf of a minute until spinach wilts. 4. Add tamarind paste as well as sambar powder to spinach mixture. Cook on behalf of 3 minutes. 5. Add tumeric powder as well as salt. Stir 6. Add spinach mixture to toor dal as well as take to a boil. Turn off heat. Stir as well as serve. This recipe makes 5 half cup servings as well as has 120 delicious calories per serving. Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:49:55 -0400 stephargaret060