Keerai Kootu

Ingredients :

Keerai - 1 bunch (washed, cleaned and chopped finely)
Small Onion - 3
Green Chillies - 3 split
Tomato - 1/2 ( chopped into medium pieces )
Garlic - 2 pieces
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Green Gram Dhal (Paasiparuppu) - 1 cup
Salt to taste.
For Seasoning:
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Red Chillies - 2
Curry leaves - few.
Method:

• Pressure cook dal and keerai along with onion,tomato,garlic,green chilli, turmeric powder and salt in the cooker and allow 1 or 2 whistles.
• In a kadai pour 2 tsps of oil and season with mustard,cumin,methi seeds, red chillies and curry leaves.
• Now add the cooked dal - spinach mixture.
• Let it cook for five minutes.
• Kootu Ready. Serve with Rice.

You can use any Greens. I used Water Cress.

Spinach / Palak Keerai / Keerai Masiyal

Ingredients:

Spinach - 1 bunch ( cleaned and roughly chopped )
Small onion - 6 ( chopped )
Green chillies - 4
Corriander seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste.

Method:

In a Heavy bottom pan add half cup water and bring it to boil.

Now add green chillies and close the lid 1 minute.

Now add chopped spinach and close it with a lid. cook the spinach on low flame.

when the keerai is 3/4 cooked, add chopped onion, corriander seeds,( crushed ) cumin seeds, ( crushed )salt and oil.stir well.

Now close the lid 3 minutes.Remove from flame.

Keep it on the counter top and mash well with matthu ( heavy rounded wood with long handle ) for 3-4 minutes, until the spinach is creamy. or mash it by mixie..just grind for one round.

Serve with hot steamed rice.