Cheera Parippu Curry

Ingredients 

Parippu/Toor dal : 1/2 cup
Cheera / Palak chopped : 4 cups
Turmeric : 1/4 tsp
Grated coconut : 1/2 cup
Greenchilly : 2 nos
Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp
Curry leaf : 1 sprig
Salt : as needed
Water : as needed

For Tempering

Mustard : 1/2 tsp
Dry red chilly : 2 nos
Small onions : 3 nos
Curryleaf : 1 sprig

Method
Cook dal with water and salt in a pressure cooker.To this add chopped palak/cheera and cook it again for sometime.Grind coconut,greenchilly,cumin seeds,curryleaf and turmeric together to a fine paste in a mixie by adding little water.Add the paste to the cooked dal and cook it  for somemore time.
Heat oil in another pan and splutter mustard seeds,add redchilly,small onions,curryleaf and fry it.Add this to the prepared dal..



Tip
 Swiss chards,beet leaves can also be used instead of palak/cheera.