Redgram lentil splits boiled with spinach

This is a simple preparation.

To serve to two.

INGREDIENTS
Redgram lentil splits .. 200 gms.
Spinach leaves (cleaned) .. 200 gms.

To add tastes
Salt .. 1 tea spoon or slightly more or less, according to taste.
Red chilly powder .. 1 tea spoon.
Turmeric .. a little.
Peanut Oil : 2 tsp.
Red chillies : 2 Nos.
Blackgram lentil splits : .5 tea spoon.
Mustard seeds : .5 tea spoon.
Asafoetoda, preferably white : one gram.

PREPARATION
We can use a pressure cooker.
We can use the upper apartment for keeping the lentils + spinach pieces and the lower apartment for rice.
The lentils and spinach boil to a near paste.

We have to take them out. Mix the lentils and the spinach with a spoon.

Keep the utensil separate.

Adding the spices
Add salt. Add chillipowder. Add turmeric.
Take a small deep pan. Put the 2 tsp oil in it and heat it slightly. Drop the red chilli pieces and wait 30 sec. Add blackgram lentils. Wait 30 secs. Add mustard seeds. Wait 30 secs. Add asafoetoda. Wait 30 sec. We should not fry these things too long. They get blackened. If we do not give them adequate time, they will remain raw. We have to keep the burner in simmer. If we heat on high flames, smoke from oil will spread in the kitchen and blacken kitchen walls over a period of time.

Now, pour this spice-mix into the boiled lentil-spinach paste and stir with a spoon.

Some people prefer to eat boiled lentils as thick paste. Some people prefer adding adequate water , particularly when more number of people have to share a small quantity. Restaurants have a tendency to add more water.

Health Comments
Excess boiling , some people do not like, on the ground of losing nutritional values and vitamins.

Adequate boiling has its own utility in the sense that bacteria, larvae and pupae of insects etc. overlooked while washing, can be brought under control.