Palak Keerai | Spinach Masiyal | Keerai Masiyal

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Palak Keerai Masiyal is one among the very nutritious dish & has a special place in Indian cooking..! This spinach is a leafy vegetable having broad deep green leaves & has a rich content of iron, calcium, Vit. A, C. E, K, & Omega-3 fatty acids. It has a unique taste & this masiyal goes well with rice as well as rotis / chapattis. Here’s the home made healthy recipe of Palak Keerai Masiyal..:)

Ingredients

Palak keerai / Spinach - 1 bunch

Toor dal - ½ cup

Onion - 1

Tomato - 1 medium size

Green chilly - 1 or 2

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard - ¼ tsp

Asafetida - a pinch

Cumin - ½ tsp

Split urad dal - ½ tsp

Curry leaves - a few leaves

Vadagam - ½ tsp

Salt - to taste

Cilantro - for garnishing

Instructions

1.

Wash & soak toor dal for 5 to 10 mins.

2.

Cook it in pressure pan with a pinch of turmeric pwd and ½ tsp fenugreek pwd.

3.

Once cool, mash it and keep ready.

4.

In a heavy bottomed wok / kadai, add the cleaned & roughly chopped spinach.

5.

Add the chopped onions, tomato & green chillies.

6.

Add salt and ¼ cup of water. Stir well.

7.

Cook the spinach on low flame.

8.

Once it is done, remove from flame.

9.

Allow to cool and mash well with mathu ( heavy rounded wood with long handle ) or just mash it in mixie just for one round.

10.

Transfer the spinach masiyal to the serving bowl.

11.

Add mashed toor dal to it. Mix well.

12.

In a small pan, add a tsp of oil & heat it.

13.

Add mustard, asafetida, cumin , split urad dal, curry leaves & vadagam.

14.

Wait to splutter and drop them to the masilyal.

15.

Garnish with cilantro.

16.

Serve hot with white rice..

17.

Enjoy the healthy taste of Palak Masiyal.

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