Healthy Food Recipes - Paruppu Keerai Masiyal
Posted on: 13/Feb/2015 2:55:47 PM
Ingredients
- Paruppu Keerai / Sirukeerai / Mullaikeerai – 1 bunch
- Toor Dal – 50 gram
- Garlic – 10 cloves
- Onion – 2 nos
- Tomato – 3 nos
- Red Chilli / Green chilli – 2 nos
- Tamarind Extract – 2 tbsp.
- Salt – to taste
- Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp
- Sambar Powder – 1 ½ tsp
- Oil – 2 tsp
- Mustard Seeds – ½ tsp
- Cumin Seeds – ½ tsp
- Asafoetida – a pinch
Method of Preparation:
- Remove the roots and wash the keerai thoroughly. Chop the keerai finely so as to retain its nutrients.
- Soak Toor dal for about half an hour and pressure cook it along with turmeric powder for about 3 whistles.
- Heat a thick bottomed pan with a spoon of oil and add splinted green chilli, minced garlic and chopped onion. Once it turns golden brown add chopped tomato. Sauté well until the tomato shrinks and the raw smell leaves.
- Now add the chopped keerai to it and add the salt to taste.
- Though we already add the green chilli, if you want the dish to be spicier add Sambar powder and mix well.
- Especially for the Paruppu keerai, there is no need to add water. As greens are watery in nature, the water in the keerai itself is more than enough for the greens to get boil well.
- Once the keerai gets boiled well, add the already cooked Toor dal and the tamarind extract to it. Mix well.
- Heat a pan with a spoon of oil and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida, and splinted red chilli for tempering and add it on top of the keerai and Toor dal mixture.
- Hot Paruppu keerai Masiyal is ready to serve along with rice!
Tips:
- Incorporate greens in your daily diet, as it very essential for good eye sight.
- Paruppu keerai will get boiled very well while pressure cook it, thus mashing the boiled keerai with the ladle us more than enough.
- Particularly for Sirukeerai or Mullaikeerai, we have to use mathu to mash the keerai and dal mixture.
- In case if you want to avoid green chilli, you can either use red chilli or sambar powder while preparing the keerai Masiyal.
- This keerai Masiyal will go fine with the rice or side dish for chapatti.
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Mrs. Lavanya Sampath
