Spinach and Coconut Dal | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 250 grams toor dal
• 1.2 litre water
• 1¼ teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 tablespoon ghee (clarified butter)
• 1 tablespoon urad dal
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 4 dried red chillies
• 50 grams fresh coconut (roughly chopped)
• 200 grams fresh spinach
• 100 millilitres boiling water
• 1 teaspoon ghee (clarified butter)
• 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
• 2 dried red chillies
• 1 pinch of asafoetida