Avaraikkai / Broad Beans Sambar

Ingredients:

Toor dhal - 1 cup
Avaraikkai/ broad beans - 15 to 20 nos
Tomato - 1
Small onion - 6 to 9 nos ( cut into medium size pieces )
Red chillies - 3 nos
Curry leaves - few
Sambar powder - 1 1/2 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Salt to taste.
Method:

• Wash thuvar dhal and add two cups of water along with a pinch of turmeric powder and pressure cook till soft.
• Soak tamarind in water and squeeze out the juice.
• Cut tomato into medium size pieces. Cut Avaraikkai into medium size pieces.
• Add Avaraikkai pieces, tomato pieces, salt, sambar powder, turmeric powder and cook on medium flame till the vegetable is soft.
• Add tamarind juice and allow to boil.
• Now add the cooked thuvar dhal.
• In a kadai put the oil and when it is hot add the mustard. When it pops up, add onions,Red chillies and curry leaves and fry for a while.
• Add the sambar to this. Mix well.
• Allow to boil 2 minutes. Remove from stove.Serve with Steamed rice.

Keerai Kootu

Ingredients :

Keerai - 1 bunch (washed, cleaned and chopped finely)
Small Onion - 3
Green Chillies - 3 split
Tomato - 1/2 ( chopped into medium pieces )
Garlic - 2 pieces
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Green Gram Dhal (Paasiparuppu) - 1 cup
Salt to taste.
For Seasoning:
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Red Chillies - 2
Curry leaves - few.
Method:

• Pressure cook dal and keerai along with onion,tomato,garlic,green chilli, turmeric powder and salt in the cooker and allow 1 or 2 whistles.
• In a kadai pour 2 tsps of oil and season with mustard,cumin,methi seeds, red chillies and curry leaves.
• Now add the cooked dal - spinach mixture.
• Let it cook for five minutes.
• Kootu Ready. Serve with Rice.

You can use any Greens. I used Water Cress.