Spinach | Mulaikeerai Kadaiyal | Keerai Masiyal

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Spinach/Keerai is a healthy food and taste great even though they are full of nutrients. This is my amma's way of preparing keerai. I love this recipe a lot so I thought of preparing it and it worked out perfectly. I'm pretty sure I could eat the whole in one sitting.

It is versatile and pairs well with almost everything. Before jumping into the recipe I wanted to share some of the health benefits of spinach.

It is a super food loaded with tons of nutrients in a low calorie package. They are important for skin, hair, bone health and provide protein, iron, vitamins and minerals.

There are more and more health benefits we get on consuming it. It improves blood glucose control in diabetics, lowers the risk of cancer, blood pressure and asthma. It consist of 250mg of calcium per cup(cooked keerai/spinach). Also calcium is easily absorbed than any other diary products. It is rich in fibre and water content, thus helping for a healthy digestive tract.

No more boring stories. Here comes the recipe.

Mulaikeerai Kadaiyal / Keerai Masiyal

Ingredients:

Mulaikeerai - 1bunch

Tomato - 1/2

Green chillies - 4 

Small Onion - 3

Grated Coconut - 2tblspn

Cumin - 1tspn

Tamarind - 1 

Asafoetida - a pinch 

Curry leaves - 1twig

Coconut oil - 1tspn(optional)

To temper:

Mustard seed - 1tspn

Onion - 1

Curry leaves - 1twig

Oil - as needed

Method:

Grind together coconut and cumin and keep aside.

In a vessel, take all the ingredients(spinach/keerai, tomato, green chilli, onion, tamarind, curry leaves and ground coconut,cumin). Add 1 cup of water to this. 

Cook in a medium flame for 5-10mins or until spinach wilts.

Remove from heat and allow it to cool down.

Purée them using a blender or mash it with the help of masher.

Heat oil, add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add the chopped onion and curry leaves. Mix it with mashed spinach.

Good as a side dish or accompaniment to a variety of meals.

Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready

Grind coconut and cumin with adding water. You can also add without grinding them

Combine together spinach, onion, green chilli, tomato

Add in curry leaves, salt and tamarind

Add in coconut oil. This step is optional

Add asafoetida

Add in ground coconut and 1 glass of water

Cook in a medium flame for 5-10mins or until spinach wilts.

Once cooled down, mash them

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds

When it begins to splutter, add chopped onion and curry leaves

Pour them tempering over the spinach

Its Ready!