Spinach Curry/Keerai Kootu/Keerai Masiyal

Hi friends happy to share another dish with you all. Greenly Leaves healthy dish became one of the all-time favorites. Spinach Curry/Keerai kootu is made in a thick consistency which can be enjoyed with main dish such as milagu kolambu, aviyal kolambu, rasam and so on. Spinach is a healthy food packed with lots of vitamins and minerals. This greenly dish can be prepared in many varieties. Today let me share one of the varieties with you. My friend thought me this and tried at home which turned out to be yummy. I really like to share this recipe with you. So friends try this at home and share this healthy dish with your family and friends. Lets get into the dish.

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Spinach Curry

"Get ready to dive into a world of green goodness! Our spinach curry is a flavorful fusion of tender spinach leaves and aromatic spices"

Course Side Dish

Cuisine South Indian

Keyword Curry, Keerai, Keerai Kootu, Keerai Masiyal, Masiyal, South Indian, Spinach

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 4 pax

Author Dhivya Krishna Kumar

Equipment

• 1 Pressure Cokker
• 1 Spatula
• 1 Extra Bowl
• 1 Extra Pan for seasoning

Ingredients

• Water – 200 ml
• Onion Small Size – 1 no
• Tomato Small Size – 1 no
• Garlic Cloves – 3-4 no’s
• Chili – 2 no’s
• Moong Dal/ Paasi Paruppu – 4tsp./ 20 g
• Ghee for seasoning – 1 tsp.
• Oil – 1 tsp.
• Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp.
• Kolambu powder – ¼ tsp.

Instructions

• Preheat the cooker
• Now add 1 tsp. of oil in it. Let it heat for a while.
• Now add finely chopped onion and chilli.
• Fry the onion till it turns pale.
• Then add Garlic cloves and tomato on to it.
• Later add moong dhal and saute it for few more minutes.
• Saute it for few minutes.
• Then add spinach, salt, turmeric powder, kolambu powder on to it.
• Now fry the ingredients for a while so that all are mixed well together.
• Lastly add 200 ml pf water on to the ingredients.
• Close the cooker and bring 3 whistles or allow it to cook at low flame for 15 mins.
• Turn off the cooker and allow the whistle to release.
• Now open the cooker and you can see spinach is cooked well.
• Now take a small pan and preheat.
• Add tsp. of ghee.
• Next add mustard seeds and urad dhal.
• Let it pop up for a minute.
• Now turn off the flame and add this seasoning to the spinach.
• For taste you can add ½ tsp. pf ghee on to the spinach at last which gives delicious aroma. (optional).
• Your healthy spinach/Keerai Kootu/Keeari masiyal is ready to serve.

Notes

Pictorial Guidance:

Preheat the cooker

Now add 1 tsp. of oil in it. Let it heat for a while.

Now add finely chopped onion and chilli.

Then add Garlic cloves on to it.

Saute it for few minutes

Then add tomato on to it.

Later add moong dhal and saute it for few more minutes.

Saute it for few minutes.

Then add spinach on to it.

Add required amount of salt on to it.

Now add turmeric powder and kulambu powder.

Now fry the ingredients for a while so that all are mixed well together.

Lastly add 200 ml pf water on to the ingredients.

Allow it to boil for 1 minute.

Close the cooker and bring 3 whistles or allow it to cook at low flame for 15 mins.

Turn off the cooker and allow the whistle to release and remove before opening the cooker.

Now open the cooker and you can see spinach is cooked well.

Now smash the spinach with spatula.
Note: Not too much.

Now take a small pan and preheat.

Add tsp. of ghee.

Next add mustard seeds and urad dhal.

Let it pop up for a minute.

Now turn off the flame and add this seasoning to the spinach.

Mix the seasoning well.

For taste you can add ½ tsp. pf ghee on to the spinach at last which gives delicious aroma. (optional).

Your healthy spinach/Keerai Kootu/Keeari masiyal is ready to serve.

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