Simple Way to Prepare Award-winning Instant Pot Lentil Spinach Curry

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, instant pot lentil spinach curry. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Instant Pot Lentil Spinach Curry is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Instant Pot Lentil Spinach Curry is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook instant pot lentil spinach curry using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Instant Pot Lentil Spinach Curry:

1. Take 3/4 cup Moong dal (yellow lentil)
2. Make ready 1 cup Baby Spinach
3. Prepare 1 tbsp Olive oil
4. Prepare 1 tbsp Butter
5. Make ready 1/2 Onion chopped
6. Prepare 1/2 Tomato finely diced(optional)
7. Prepare 1 tbsp Minced ginger garlic
8. Make ready 2-3 cups Water
9. Get 1 tsp Turmeric
10. Make ready 1-2 tsp Salt
11. Take 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
12. Prepare 1 tsp Cumin seeds
13. Make ready 1 tsp Garam Masala
14. Make ready 1/2 tsp Black pepper powder
15. Make ready 1/4 tsp Asafoetida/Hing(Optional)
16. Get Chopped Cilantro

Steps to make Instant Pot Lentil Spinach Curry:

1. Wash the lentils thoroughly and keep them drained.
2. Keep the Instant Pot on Sauté mode.Once hot,add oil and butter.Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and when they start spluttering,add the chopped onions and ginger garlic.
3. When the onions become soft, add turmeric,salt,hing and black pepper along with 1/4 cup water and cook for another 2 minutes.
4. When oil separates from the masala, add the lentils and 2 cups water into the inner pot.
5. Close the IP lid and keep the steam release handle to Sealing position.Pressure cook for 4 minutes.
6. Once done, open the lid using quick release.Stir the lentils and if the mixture is thick, add some water and let it simmer for a minute.Mash the lentils using a spoon to get a smooth consistency.
7. Now add the spinach leaves and diced tomatoes and pressure cook for another 2 minutes and once done,open the lid using quick release.
8. Add little water as required if the curry is too thick.
9. Sprinkle some garam masala and chopped cilantro.
10. Serve the curry hot along with some Rice.
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