Showing posts with label keerai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label keerai. Show all posts

Monday, October 29, 2012

Keerai Pachadi



  


Ingredients: 


Any green - 1 cup (Cleaned and chopped)

Green chillies - 2 nos (chopped)

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Curd - 3 tbs ( Slightly beaten ) 


Curry leaves - a few

Salt - to taste

Oil as you need



 Method: 


Clean and chop the green .

In a pan heat oil add mustard seeds and urad dal.

Add curry leaves and green chillies to it.

Now add chopped greens  and fry for 2 minutes.

No need to add water.

Then cover and cook  at medium flame for few more mintues. 


Switch off the fire and allow it to cool


Finally  add   salt and slightly beaten curd.

Serve this pachadi  with  rice , roti , or chappathi.....

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Paruppu Keearai koottu




Ingredients:



Any green - 1 bunch

Green gram - 1/2 cup

Onion - 15 nos (peeled)

Green chillies - 2 nos 

Tomatoes - 2 nos 

Garlic - 4 nos 

Red chillies - 2 nos 

Jeera - 1 tsp

Mustard seed - 1 tsp 

Channa dal - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp 

Sambar powder - 2 tsp 

Oil - 1 tbs

Salt - to taste



Method :


Cook  green gram dhal   well with a pinch of turmeric powder 

Remove the roots and wash and chop the keerai thoroughly. 

Place the chopped keerai in a thick bottomed vessel.

Add jeera, chopped  tomato ,  chopped  onion , salt, green chillies

sambar powder and  turmeric powder.

Close it with a lid. Cook the keerai in slow flame. 

No need to add water since the keerai will cook in its own water content. 

When the keerai is cooked, add  mashed dal stir nicely.  

In a  pan put oil add musterd and jeera allow it to splutter and then 

add red chillies and asafoetida ,  nice aroma will comes out,

at that time add the mashed keerai with  dal.

Keep the stove in slow flame. Serve with hot rice or chappathi..