Keerai Kuzhambu / Spinach Gravy

Ingredients:

Spinach / Keerai - A bunch - Separate leaves and wash well.
Onion(small) - 12 nos
Garlic - 6 nos
Green chilli - 5 nos
Tomato - 2
Salt - 1/2 tsp

For Seasoning:

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli - 2 nos - remove the seeds
Hing(Asafoetida) - A pinch
Oil - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Boil all the ingredients until spinach leaves are cooked. Do not cook too much, as the color of the leaves change and taste differs from original recipe.
2. Once cooked, smash them in a blender(just one round). Do not grind finely.
3. Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard and cumin seeds, add red chillies, hing and add it to the ground spinach paste.

Hint:

-> Boil 1/2 cup of toor dhal and add to this mixture to prepare keerai paruppu kuzhambu. (see pic below)
-> Serve with rice...more of this spinach gravy and less amount of rice. People who are in diet can follow this.(see pic below)

Keerai Paruppu Kuzhambu...














Keerai Saatham / Spinach Rice:

Kollu Saatham / Horse Gram Rice

Ingredients:

Horse Gram - 1/2 cup - Roast it until color changes
Uncooked Rice - 1/2 cup
Water - 5 cups
salt - 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Mix all ingredients and pressure cook it.

Serving Suggestion:

-> Serve with curd, or any thovaiyal(chutney) variety.

Kollu Thuvaiyal / Horse Gram Chutney

Ingredients:

Horse Gram - 1 cup
Garlic - 3 nos
Red chilli - 4 nos
Tamarind - 1 Amla size / 1/4 tsp of paste
Salt - 1/4 tsp

Method:

1. Roast horse gram, garlic and red chilli in a pan and let it cool.
2. Grind them along with tamarind paste and salt and with required amount of water.

Note:

-> Serve with rice, dosai, idly, etc.,
-> Best side dish for rasam saatham, kollu saatham, curd rice.

Gothumai Ravai Kanji

Ingredients:

Wheat Ravai - 1 cup
Water - 4 cups
Milk - 1/2 cup(optional)
Salt - 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Boil water in a pan, and add wheat ravai and salt.
2. Cook in a medium/low flame for 5-10 mins.
3. When ravai is cooked, add milk and let it boil for another 3 mins and serve hot. Stir continuously to avoid cream of the milk(aadai).



Hint:

-> stir until it cools to avoid aadai.
-> while eating mix curd and have it, Mmm...Yummy taste.
-> Even if you avoid milk try with curd.
-> Very healthy and a good diet meal.

RaagiAdai

Ingredients:

Raagi flour - 2 cups
Onion - 1 - chopped
Spinach - 1 cup - chopped (optional)
Salt - 1/2 tsp or as per need
Oil - As per need

Method:

1. Mix raagi flour, onion, spinach, salt with 1/2 cup of water(or little more). The batter should be in semi solid form.(see picture below).
2. Heat tava, take the batter in you hand, place it in the tava, and spread gently. If it is sticky, touch water(keep a bowl of water beside tava) and do the same.
3. Spread oil around adai. Let it cook for a minute and flip the adai, and let it cook for 1 min.

Raagi Batter consistency.....











Spread like this on tava.....












Suggestions:

-> Serve it hot with sambar, coconut chutney...
-> Sugar patients can take this often.
-> Also people who follow diet can add this in their menu.

Wheat Dosai

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 1 cup
water - 1/2 cup or little more
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Hing(Asafoetida)- A pinch(optional)
Salt - 1/2 tsp or as per need
Oil - 1 tsp(each dosai)

Method:

1. To wheat flour, add cumin seeds, hing, salt and water and mix well. If needed add more water. Consistency - should be like dosai batter.
2. Heat dosai pan/ a flat pan, add a ladle of batter and spread using ladle. Add oil around dosai and let it for 30 secs.
3. Flip dosai to the other side to cook well.

Notes and Secrets:

-> Those who follow diet and sugar patients can have this. Low calorie food.
-> Spicy red chilli chutney will be good for this. You can also have some cooked(Boiled) vegetables along with this.
-> Can have this as Breakfast, lunch or as dinner.