Manathakkali Keerai Kootu (Black Night Shade Green Leaf Curry)
Another healthy recipe using Manathakkali keerai. People who are suffering from urine problems are advised to take this keerai once in a week to get of this problem. It reduces body heat and also prevents diseases that are caused by over heat, So including this keerai is must in summer..
And you can give this keerai even to infants. Kids will love this kootu very much.. We are preparing this kootu with Toor Dal. Hence its very tasty.. Here is that mouth watering recipe..
Ingredients:
Manathakkali Keerai - 1.5 cups
Toor Dal - 1/4 cup
Big Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Green Chilli - 2
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Salt - As required
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida - a pinch
Oil - As required
For Seasoning:
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Red Chilli - 1
Procedure:
- Pick the leaves alone from keerai. You can also use flowers and manathakkali which usually comes with the keerai. Wash and finely chop the keerai.
- Cook well Toor dal with turmeric powder, Asafoetida and 1 tsp gingely oil.
- chop onion, tomato and green chilli finely.
- Add chopped onion, tomato, keerai and green chilli to cooked toor dal. Add also the cumin seeds and enough water. Cook everything well in cooker. It usually takes 5 whistles for me.
- Do the seasoning and add it to the kootu along with salt.
- Enjoy your kootu..
- I have used more keerai than Toor Dal.. If you want to prepare keerai kootu to be eaten up mixed with rice, use more Toor Dal than keerai.
