Paruppu Keerai Masiyal/Palak Kadaiyal

Keerai Kadaiyal is one of the simple and easiest recipes, which taste good even for one who hates green. This recipe was introduced by one of my relative when I was a kid; I loved it so it got continued as my favourite dish.

Preparation time: 10mins

Cook time: 5mins

Total time: 15mins

Serves: 2

Cuisine: TamilNadu

Type: Gravy

Author:  Nivi Marshal

Ingredients:

Spinach/Keerai- 1 cup (100gram) chopped and tightly packed

Thoor dal- 3 tbsp

Pearl onion/Shallot- 10 nos

Tomato- 1 chopped

Green Chilli- 3 nos

Garlic Cloves- 3 nos

Asafoetida/Hing- ¼ tsp

Water- ½ cup

Salt- As required

To temper:

Oil- 1 tbsp

Mustard- ¼ tsp

Cumin/Jeera- ¼ tsp

Curry leaves- 1 sprig

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How to prepare Palak Kadaiyal:

• Add all the ingredients in pressure cooker and whistle till the dal got cooked smashy.
• Once the pressuregot released open the lid and mash it using smasher or keerai mathu.
• Temper the mustard, jeera and curry leaves in oil and add them to masiyal.
• Serve this with white rice and ghee.