Keerai Kootu Recipe|Keerai Recipes|Greens Recipes

There are many different styles of preparing Keerai Kootu. Many of them are interesting and have unique taste. This recipe is the style used by my family members. Check this out.

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Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Kootu

Preparation Time: 10 mins  | Cooking Time: 20 mins | Yields: 3 cups

Ingredients:

Chopped Greens/Keerai *	2 cups
Split Green Gram (moong dal / Paasi Paruppu)	¼ cup
Turmeric Powder	½ tsp
Salt	To taste
Sambar Powder (Recipe HERE)	2 tsp
To Grind:
Grated coconut or equivalent	¼ cup
Garlic Pods	2
Cumin Seeds	1 tsp
To Temper:
Coconut Oil / Cooking Oil	2 tsp
Mustard Seeds	½ tsp
Curry Leaves	1 spring
Red Chilli	1
Chopped Onion	2 tbsp

* Use Palak, siru keerai, mulai keerai, aria keerai etc.,

Procedure:

Preparation Procedure:

1. Clean the greens / keerai and wash them thoroughly. Then drain the water completely. Cut them into small pieces.

2. Remove the skin of the garlic and use.

3. Grind the coconut, garlic and cumin seeds into a fine paste using little water.

4. Remove the skin of the onion and cut them into small pieces.

5. Wash the moon dal and keep it aside.

Cooking Procedure:

6. Add keerai (from 1) and moong dal (from 5), and ¼ cup of water in a pressure cooker. Mix them well.

7. Pressure cook them for 1-2 whistles in a high flame. Allow it cool down.

8. After pressure has gone, add turmeric powder, sambar powder, salt and ground mixture (from 3). Mix them well.

9. Cook them for 5 mins or till the raw smell goes off.

10. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and wait for popping.

11. Add curry leaves and broken red chilli. Sauté for them till the curry leaves become crisp.

12. Add chopped onion (from 4), sauté till the onion become translucent.

13. Add this mixture with keerai mixture. Cook for few more mins.

    Yummy and delicious Keerai Kootu is ready to serve.

Note:

1. Adjust the sambar powder level and red chilli level according to your taste.

2. You can use red chilli powder instead of sambar powder.

3. Small onion gives more taste than big onion. But you can use big onion also.

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Keerai – Greens Kootu without Coconut

This is very easy and tasty variant of keerai kootu recipes. This can be done with any keerai/greens variety. The main uniqueness of this recipe is that we do not use coconut unlike others.

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Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Side Dish

Preparation Time: 10 mins  | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Yields: 2 cups

Ingredients:

Any Keerai / Greens	2 cups (finely chopped)
Garlic Pods	5
Moong Dal / Paasi Paruppu	¼ cup
Small Tomato	1
Cumin Seeds	2 tsp
Salt	As Required
To Temper:
Coconut Oil	2 tsp
Mustard Seeds	¼ tsp
Green Chilli	2
Chopped Onion	¼ cup

Procedure:

1. Wash and drain the water from the leaves. Then chop the greens into small pieces.

2. Remove the skin of the onion and chop them into small pieces.

3. In a pressure cooker, add chopped greens/keerai, chopped tomato, cumin seeds, washed moong dal, garlic pods and ½ cup of water.

4. Pressure cook them for 1 whistle in a medium flame. After pressure has gone, remove the lid of the cooker and keep it aside.

5. Heat the oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and wait for popping.

6. Add green chillies (split it into two halves) and chopped onion. Sauté till the onion become translucent.

7. Pour this temper and salt into the cooked greens. Again cook the green for 2 more mins. Add water if needed.

8. Mash them with paruppu maththu (as shown in the pic) or blender.

   

               Healthy and tasty kootu is ready to serve with hot rice.

Note:

1. You can use any greens like thandu keerai, ponnanganni, siru keerai, etc.,

2. Adjust the chilli level according to your taste.

3. I have used Ponnanganni keerai.

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Manathakkali Keerai Kootu / Black Night Shade / Sunberry Leaves Curry

Normally we use moong dal for preparing keerai kootu. But in this recipe we use thur dal instead of moong dal. The goodness of this recipe is that it hides the bitterness of the keerai completely.

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Ingredients:

Keerai Leaves	2 handful
Thoor Dal / Thuvaram Paruppu	3 tbsp
Sambar Onion	10
Tomato	1
Green Chilli	1
Salt	As required
To Temper:
Coconut Oil	1 tsp
Mustard Seeds	¼ tsp
Red Chilli	1

Procedure:

1. Wash and pressure cook the dal with ¼ cup of water for 2 whistles in high flame. Keep it aside.

2. Wash the leaves and onions.

3. In a vessel, add manathakkali leaves, onion, chopped tomato, green chilli and ½ cup of water.

4. Cook them well till the greens become tender.

5. Mash them well with hand blender ( paruppu maththu).

6. Then add the cooked dal with water and salt to the mashed greens.

7. Cook them well till they incorporate well.

8. Meanwhile, in a pan add a tsp of oil. Add mustard seeds and wait for popping.

9. Then add the whole red chilli and fry till the chilli become crisp.

10. Pour this temper into the dal mixture (from 7) and cook for few more mins.

     Healthy and tasty manathakkali keeri kootu ready!

Note:

1. Adjust the green chilli level according to your taste.

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