Keerai masiyal...

You can make three types of keerai , keerai masial(normal one ), keerai kootu and keerai kuzhambu.Today i made keerai masiyal , a very easy to make but healthy recipe which is quite delicious .

Ingredients :
Keerai( baby spinach) -2 big bunches
onions-half a big yellow one
garlic-2 cloves
jeera(cumin)-2 tspn
sambhar powder-1tbsp
green chillis-2 to 3
coconut-2 tbsp((grated,optional)
For tempering
mustard seeds -1tspn

urad dal-1tspn

hing- a pinch

curry leaves

salt to taste

how i made it:

1. I put the frozen spinach in microwave for about 3 minutes(along with a little salt) till it became small in size(all the water drains off and the big bunch becomes very small) and cut it to smaller pieces.
2. In a kadai(deep bottom vessel) , i put a little bit ghee or oil and sputtered the mustard seeds and then added the urad Dal , hing,jeera(cumin) and curry leaves.
3. Then i added the garlic and green chillis and fried it for a minute, after which i added the onions.
4. After the onions turn golden brown i added the sambhar powder and then coconut(optional).
5. Last i added the keerai or spinach and fried it on a high flame for 5 minutes and added salt according to taste.

Serve it along with rice,sambhar or rasam along with a microwaved applam .. tatstes heavenly. :)

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