Showing posts with label Keerai Mulakuttal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Keerai Mulakuttal. Show all posts

Dec 26, 2005

Keerai Mulakuttal (Spinach Curry)



This dish is very tasty and can be taken with chapathi and/or rice


Keera Mulakuttal


 Ingredients

  • Keerai (spinach ) ........... .1 bunch(washed,cleaned and chopped)
  • Tur dhal ...........................1 cup
  • Grated coconut ................1 cup
  • Mustard seeds .................1 tsp
  • Urad dal ..........................2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder.............. 1/2 tsp

Roast the following items with oil

  • Oil ...................................2 tsp
  • Red chili............................2
  • Urad dal ...........................3 tsp
  • Jeera(cumin seeds)... 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
Method
  • Cook the tur dhal in a cooker.
  • Wash the keerai under running water and remove all the water. 
  • Cut the keerai into small pieces and cook it with 1 cup of water.
  • Add turmeric powder. When the keerai is cooked, grind it coarsely in a blender and keep aside.
  • Fry the chillies, urad dal and jeera in oil and grind in blender with grated coconut.
  • Boil ground spinach with the coconut mixture and the cooked dhal.
  • Add salt to taste. Once the spinach is boiled remove from the fire and place in the serving dish.
  • Heat a pan with oil. Add mustard seeds and urad dhal. When the mustard seeds splutter, add to the curry. 
  • Serve in a bowl . Eat with rice.

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