Wash and clean spinach leaves. Chop onion, garlic and spinach leaves.
Heat pressure cooker in the stove, add a teaspoon of oil. Followed by mustard seeds and urad dal. Let the mustard seeds to splutter. Then add a pinch of asafoetida.
Add washed and rinsed moong dal to the cooker. Add half a cup of water.
Add chopped spinach leaves, onion, garlic on top of moong dal in the cooker. then add chopped onion, garlic, turmeric powder and a red chili.
Allow the cooker to go for 1 whistle and simmer the flame and again cook it for another 4-5 minute.
Remove from the fire, allow the pressure cooker to release the pressure on itself. Remove the lid once the pressure cooker cooled down completely. Serve hot along with Rice.