Ingredients:

• Greens – 1/2 lb diced
• Moong Dal – 1/4 cup
• Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
• Onions – 1/2 diced (or fried onions)
• Green chillies – 1 or 2 slit
• Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Oil – 1/2 tbsp
• Salt to taste

Method:

Pressure cook the greens along with the dal, green chillies adding some turmeric powder and salt.

In a pan, heat oil, splutter mustard seeds. Then add the onions (or fried onions) and saute for a while. Then add the pressure cooked contents to this and bring to a boil. Smash the greens and dal well as they cook so they blend together (or smash the pressure cooked contents using a “mathhu” – make sure you set aside the green chillies before you do this, or else the masiyal might become too “hot”). Can substitute toor dal instead of moong dal as well. Can use this method for any of the greens varieties. Goes well with rice or as a side dish with puli kozhambu or kaara kozhambu.