Greens need to be a regular side dish in your everyday cooking. Keerai Masiyal is very easy to prepare and is a tasty dish made with very few ingredients.
Keerai Masiyal
Keerai Masiyal - Spinach
Greens need to be a regular side dish in your everyday cooking. Keerai Masiyal is very easy to prepare and is a tasty dish made with very few ingredients.
Ingredients
- 1 Teaspoon Pepper powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 8-10 Cloves of garlic, Chopped finely
- 2 Green chillies, Slit
- 5 Cups Chopped spinach, (or 2 small frozen packets of spinach)
- Salt to taste
For flavour infusion (tempering)
- 2 Tablespoons Coconut oil
- 1 Tablespoon Urad dhal
- 1 Tablespoon Mustard seeds
- 1 Tablespoon Cumin seeds
- 2 Dry red chillies
Method
- 1)
In a heavy bottomed vessel add oil and all the tempering ingredients.
- 2)
Once the mustard seeds splutter, add the turmeric and pepper powder in the oil and mix for a few seconds.
- 3)
Add the green chillies and chopped garlic and sauté until the garlic gets a slightly brown color, if you overcook it, it will give a bitter taste.
- 4)
Add the spinach and salt and cover and cook for 15 minutes on medium flame.
- 5)
You can serve this with rice, Indian Bread (naan, chappati) or tortillas.
Tip
You can substitute olive oil or any vegetable oil for coconut oil.