More Keerai Recipe

I love more koottu with any vegetable / keerai. Keerai more kootu is my favourite. It tastes awesome with ghee rice.

Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Cooking Time : 25 minutes
Serves : 2

Ingredients

Palak / Mulai keerai - 2 small bunches / 1 large bunch
Salt - To taste
Soda - a pinch( helps retain the green colour in keerai)
Thick Curd - 1/2 cup, that has been beaten till smooth
Turmeric - a pinch
 
For Seasoning

Coconut Oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - a few
Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp

For Grinding

Green Chillies - 5 to 6
Coconut - half a coconut
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tbsp

Procedure

1. Wash well, remove the yellow leaves and chop the keerai finely
2. Pressure cook the keerai with salt, soda and turmeric powder and set aside
3. Grind the items given under (For grinding) into a smooth paste.
4. To the cooked keerai, add the ground paste and allow to boil
5. Finally, heat coconut oil in a pan, when hot, add the mustard, urad dal, curry leaves and asafoetida. When it splutters add to the koottu.
6. Add the thick curd to the koottu and mix well.
7. Delicious keerai koottu is ready. Mix well and serve with sambar rice / rasam rice / vathalkuzhambu.