Keerai Masiyal

 Keerai Masiyal

Ingredients

Keerai / greens - 1 bunch (I have taken manathakkali keerai / blacknight shade berry greens/ turkey berry greens)

Onion - 1 Medium chopped

Tomato - 2 Medium chopped

Green chilli - 5 medium spice (Adjust according to spice)

Garlic cloves - 10 cloves

Tamarind paste - 2 tsp

Oil - 2 tbsp

To temper:

Oil - 3 tbsp

Onion vadagam - 1 tbsp

Or

Gingely Oil - 1 tbsp

Mustard Seeds - ¼ tsp

Urad Dal - ¼ tsp

Fenugreek seeds - 1 pinch

Cumin seeds - ¼ tsp

Curry Leaves - 1 Sprig

Ghee optional

Instructions

1. Heat Oil in a kadai, add onion, green chilli and garlic. Saute till they are soft

2. Wash the keerai thoroughly and add to the kadai

3. The greens will shrink and start cooking. Add turmeric powder, saute for a couple of minutes

4. Add tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes.

5. Turn off the stove and add salt and tamarind water and allow the mixture to cool.

6. Grind the mixture to a soft/coarse paste adding little water.

7. Add oil in the same kadai and add items under to - temper one by one / vadagam till mustard splutters.

8. Add the mixture and bring it to a boil. Turn off the stove. Add a dollop of ghee and serve with steaming hot rice.