Red Swiss Chard and Dal

Overview
A delicious and nutritious side dish that goes well with any Indian bread or rice. Ground fresh coconut with mild spices adds a very distinctive aroma and flavor to this dish. Swiss Chard is know to be a nutritional powerhouse vegetable so use it whenever you can.

Red Swiss Chard with Dal

Ingredients

Ingredients
Swiss chard one bunch cleaned and chopped (about 2 cups)
Dal( Sambar Dal or split yellow peas) - cooked - 1 cup
Plum tomatoes - 2 finely chopped
Fresh grated coconut - 3/4 cup
Red chilly powder - 1 - 2 teaspoons
Turmeric powder - 3/4 teaspoon
Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon
Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
Whole dry red chillies - 4 - 6
Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
Oil 2 tablespoons

Steps
1. Add Finely chopped tomatoes to cooked Dal with 1 cup water and cooked till the tomatoes and cooked and soft.
2. Add chopped Swiss chard , salt and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder  mix well and cook for  few minutes till the Swiss chard stems are soft.
3. Grind the coconut with 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder and 1/4 cup water to a smooth paste and add this to the cooked Dal and Swiss chard.  Mix well and bring this to a boil. Turn off heat and keep aside.
4. In another pan heat 2 tablespoon oil. When oil is hot add mustard seeds and let it splutter add the funugreek seeds , cumin seeds and whole red chillies( broken into pieces)  and curry leaves to the oil. Mix well and pour this mixture to the prepared Dal curry.

Serve hot. Enjoy.