Thotakoora pesarapappu podi koora(Amarnath leaves-Moong dal stir fry)

I prefer more greens in my daily food diet.This is one simple stir-fry that goes well with rice as well as roti..

Ingredients:
3 Cups chopped Amarnath Leaves(Thotakoora)
1 cup moong dal (pesarapappu)
1 onion sliced
10-12 garlic pods
1/4 cup grated coconut
7-8 green chillies chopped
1 tsp of urad dal
1 tsp chana dal
1 red chilli
1/2 tsp jeera
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
a pinch of hing
salt

Method:
Heat oil in a kadai,crackle mustard seeds and jeera,add hing,red chilli,urad and chana dal and fry for a minute.Add garlic pods,sliced onions and fry until it turns pink,add moong dal and fry for 2-3 mins,now add chopped amarnath leaves to it and cover with a deep plate(pour water over the plate) and steam cook for 12-15 mins till the moong dal is cooked.Grind coconut,green chillies and salt to a coarse paste and add this to the cooked sabzi and give a good stir to it and cook for 2 mins.Serve hot with Rice,rasam and papad or roti and dal.

I am sending this to the sowmya's SWC: Cooking with greens Event which was originally started by Lakshmi.