Vallarai Keerai Kootu Recipe

Vallarai Keerai Kootu Recipe

Ingredients:

Vallarai Keerai / Brahmi leaves- 2 cup chopped finely

Yellow Split Moong Dal / Pasi paruppu - 1/2 cup

Tomatoes - 1 large chopped

Garlic - 2 fat cloves

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Sugar - 1/2 tsp

For Grinding:

Fresh Coconut - 1/2 cup Grated

Dry Red Chilli - 2

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp

Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu - 1 tblspn

For Seasoning:

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp

Cumin Seeds/ Jeerakam - 1/2 tsp

Urad dal / Ulundu paruppu - 1 tsp

Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya podi - 1/4 tsp

Curry Leaves a sprig

Method:

Take all grinding ingredients in a blender, add some water and make it into smooth puree.

Take dal, spinach, tomatoes, garlic, turmeric powder and water in a pressure cooker. Cook it for 2 whistle, simmer the flame for 10 mins. Turn the heat off and let the steam go all by itself.

Now open the cooker and put it back on stove. Add salt, sugar and ground masala. Mix well. Adjust the consistency with some water.Let this simmer for 5 mins..

Now make seasoning by heating oil and frying all seasoning ingredients in it. Pour this over the kootu and mix well.

Serve with rice.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients

Take coconut, cumin seeds and dry red chilli in a blender

add a spoonful of rice flour

make it into a smooth puree

take moong dal in a cooker

add in chopped vallarai keerai

add in cubed tomatoes

couple of garlic cloves

little turmeric powder

add water and cook it

now everything is cooked

put it back on stove

add some salt

ground masala

a little sugar

bring it to boil

mix well and cook for few mins

now heat some oil

add seasoning ingredients

pour that over the kootu

mix well

serve