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Showing posts with label KeraiRecipes. Show all posts

Aug 24, 2015

PULIKEERAI (USING ARAIKEERAI)

Recipe Highlights
Healthy Keerai Sambar.One of the best combination for Rice and Dosa.

Ingredients	Cooking Time : 20 Mins
AraiKeerai – 1 bunch Water – 2 cups Greenchilli – 6 to 8 Tamarind – amla size Hing – a pinch Salt - to taste	Oil – 1 teaspoon Mustard and Urad dal – 1 teaspoon Redchilli - 2 Small shallots – 10 to 15

Method
Step :1 Wash and chop the keerai. Heat water in a pan, add greenchilli and tamarind.
Step 2: Let it boil for 3 to 4 minutes.Then add salt and keerai.Let it cook for 10 to 12 minutes.Then switch off the flame.Let it cool down for completely.
Step 3: Put everything in the mixer and make a puree. Heat oil in a pan add mustard and urad dal.Then redchilli and onion.When the onion comes to translucent,add the puree and boil it for another 5 minutes.Finally add hing and mix it well.
AraiKeerai Sambar is now ready to serve.

Jul 15, 2015

MANA THAKKALI KEERAI KOOTU

Recipe Highlights
Healthy side dish

Ingredients	Cooking Time : 30 Mins
Mana thakkali Keerai – 1 Bunch Moongdal – 1/4 cup Oil – 1 teaspoon Mustard and Urad dal - 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon Redchilli powder – 1/2 teaspoon Water –3 cups Salt - to taste	To Grind Coconut - 2 teaspoon Cumin seeds – 1/2 teaspoon

Method
Step :1 Cut the stem portion of the keerai and chop them finely. Wash them 3 to 4 times. Take a pan add 3 cups of water and put moong dal along with turmeric powder.Let them cook for 12 to 15 minutes.
Step 2: Add mana thakkali keerai to the cooked moongdal and allow the keerai to cook for 10 minutes. In the mean time grind the ingredients given above in the column “To grind”. Add chilli powder and salt to taste.Then add the grinded paste and mix it well. Let them boil for 3 more minutes. Heat oil in a pan add mustard and urad dal ,when it starts to crackle, mix it with kootu.
Mana Thakkali Kootu is now ready to serve.

May 21, 2015

KALE LEAVES PORIYAL

Recipe Highlights
Simple and healthy side dish for rice.

Ingredients	Cooking Time : 25 Mins
Kale – 1 bunch Oil – 2 teaspoon Mustard and urad dal – 1 teaspoon Salt - to taste	To Grind Coconut - 3 tablespoon Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon Redchilli – 2 Garlic - 1

Method
Step :1 Wash the kale leaves and chop the stem portion finely and keep it aside.Then chop the leaves. Heat oil in a pan,add mustard and urad dal.When the mustard started crackling,add the stem portion first and fry it for 3 to 4 minutes.
Step 2: Then add the leaves,close it with lid and fry it for 10 to 15 minutes.Mix it occasionally.Add salt to taste. In the mean time grind the ingredients given above in the column to grind. Mix it with cooked kale leaves.Let it fry it for 2 more minutes.Then switch off the flame.
Kale leaves poriyal is now ready to serve.

Mar 1, 2015

MULLANGI KEERAI PORIYAL/RADDISH LEAF PORIYAL

Recipe Highlights
Mullangi keerai is more good for health.Mullangi keerai is always come along with raddish.It is easy to prepare also.

Ingredients	Cooking Time : 10- 15 Mins
Mullangi keerai/raddish leaf – a bunch Small onion – 6 to 7 nos green chili – 1(Medium size) Scrubbed coconut- 3 tsp Salt - to taste

Method
Step :1 First check the unwanted leaves from the bunch.
Step 2: Take the leaves alone without the pith as like shown in the figure.
Step 3: Clean and rinse the leaves thrice to remove its sand and stains.
Step 4: Chop onion and chili finely.
Step 5: Chop the cleaned leaves(keerai) finely as like shown in the figure.
Step 6: Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan.Add Mustard seeds.When it spluttered,add chopped onions and green chili one by one.saute it for 3 min. .
Step 7: Now add the chopped green leaves.Saute it and add water slightly.(Just add few drops of water).stir it now and then.Add water whenever it is necessary.Check whether it is well cooked.
Step 8: Now add salt and scrubbed coconut.saute it for few seconds.switch off the flame.
Mullangi keerai poriyal is now ready to serve.

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