Keerai Kootu Recipe

Ingredients:

Green Leafy vegetable - 1 large bunch
Grated coconut - 1/4cup
Cumin seeds - 1tbsp
Gram dal -1/2tsp
Chopped onion - 1
Cooked toor dal - 1cup (mashed)
Mustard seeds - 1/4tsp
Curry leaves - few
Oil -1tsp
Salt to taste
Green chillies - 4
Hing powder - a pinch

Method to prepare keerai kootu

1. Chop the green leafy into small pieces and wash well. Add turmeric powder with green leafy and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles. Keep it aside.

2. Once cooled, blend the green leafy and make into fine paste. Similarly add grated coconut, green chillies, cumin seeds and blend to a fine paste. If needed add little water to it.

3. Heat oil in a pan add chopped onion and fry for few minutes.

4. Add green leafy paste along with blended coconut cumin paste and mix well.

5. Add mashed dal and mix it. Adjust salt.

6. Close the pan with a lid and let it cook for few minutes. As foam starts to rise, switch off the flame.

7.For tempering, heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds to crackle. Then add cumin seeds & curry leaves and saute them. Add the mixture to the gravy.

8. Keerai kootu is ready. Serve hot with rice.

Cookingly yours,
ram

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