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                                                                  SPINACH LENTIL CURRY
                                                                          (SAI BHAJI)

                                                       Prep time:  10 minutes   Cooking time:  15-20 min   Serving:  4







                  INGREDIENTS                          INSTRUCTIONS

                  •  1 cup chopped spinach             1.   Add the oil, garlic, chilli and cumin to your pressure cooker.
                  •  ½ cup yellow lentils                    Let it sit and get hot until it starts to simmer.
                  •  1 small onion, chopped            2.   Once the pan is hot, put in your chopped onions, tomatoes and
                  •  3 small tomatoes, chopped
                  •  2 fresh green chillies                  yellow lentils. Mix them until the ingredients are well combined.
                  •  4 garlic cloves                   3.   Add in the chopped spinach, a pinch of salt, and 1 cup of water,
                  •  1 tbs oil                               if needed.
                  •   Cumin (amount to your liking)    4.   After the pressure cooker has given 8 whistles, take the pressure
                  •  Salt (amount to your liking)            cooker off the gas.
                  •  Kashmiri red chilli (amount to your   5.   Transfer everything from the pressure cooker into a blender,
                    liking)                                 and grind the entire mixture.
                  •  Turmeric (amount to your liking)  6.   Put everything back into the pressure cooker and add a pinch
                  •  1 tsp lemon juice
                                                             of turmeric, kashmiri red chilli, and lemon juice.
                                                       7.   Let sit on a low flame until you are ready to eat.
                                                       8.   Serve with hot steamed rice and sindhi papad, and enjoy!



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