Sirukeerai is good source of vitamin A, vitamin C, and folate; they are also a complementing source of other vitamins such as thiamine, niacin, and riboflavin, plus some dietary minerals including calcium, iron, potassium, zinc, copper, and manganese.
Ingredients
- 3 cups – Sirukeerai (Chopped finely)
- 1/4 cup – Split green gram (paasi paruppu)
- 15 nos – Sambar onion
- 2 nos - Red chilies
- 1 tsp - Cumin seeds
- 3 clove – Garlic (crushed with skin)
Preparation method:
- Cook paasi paruppu(moong dhal) in a kadai until soft. Add chopped keerai, onion, red chilies along with required salt and let it cook for 10 minutes in medium flame. See to it that there is at least a cup of water in the kadai for the keerai to get cooked.
- Kootu should be in a semisolid form. Add cumin seeds and crushed garlic pods with skin to the kootu and switch off the stove.
Notes:
- Too much of paasi paruppu will spoil the real taste of the green.
i love sirukeerai.. very yummy..
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ReplyDeleteI am new to this blog. I am in Brampton,Ontario. What are the keerai's that you get here? any idea? because i found out only paalak keerai and making the same recipe makes me bore. Please share your views.
Hi Gaayathri,
DeleteYou will get all kinds of keerai like Agathi, Vallarai, Murungai, Ponnanganni and siru keerai at Kaveri Super Market (between Dundas E and Hurontario St, Mississauga). You have to call them and find out on which day it will be available.
Thanks Shanthi:) I will check it out...Mullai keerai is available there?
ReplyDeleteVery much pleasured on seeing this web site, explains the preparation of sirukeerai kootu with nice photograph. Thanks a lot.
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Have a nice time.
-Fazar