Palak Thoran or Stir Fried Palak

During the Eid holidays we visited Wafra which is situated at the border of Kuwait with KSA. If is almost 160 km away from the city and is known for it's vegetable and animal farms. We were lucky to get a farmhouse during the heavy holiday rush and had a great time. The weather was just right and the children had a lot of place and sand to play with. There was also a swimming pool and a very friendly dog. As for vegetables, only palak was ready. On our return we were given a good share of the same. I used it in Sambar and Dal curry and this thoran.

Palak Thoran

Ingredients

1. Palak - a good bunch finely cut
2. Masoor Dal - 2 Tbspn
3. Scrapped Coconut - 1/4 cup
4. Green Chilly - two numbers
5. Garlic - 2 cloves
6. Red chilly - 1
7. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tspn
8. Small onion - 3 nos - finely chopped
9. Curry leaves - a handful

Method

Wash the palak and cut it finely. Place enough water to cook the dal and make sure there is no water once it is  cooked. Put the chopped palak and stir it. Lower the flame and close the pan. Give a swirl of the ingredients 3-5 in your food processor and add it to the palak. Add salt. After a while, remove the cover and stir until cooked. Remove from fire. In another pan, add oil and splutter the mustard seeds. Fry red chilly, onions and curry leaves. Add it to the palak and enjoy!