DRY GREENS
Ingredients
Greens-1 bundle
Green or dry chilly-4 or 5
Oil
Salt
Mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves
Scrapped coconut-1/4 cup
Chopped small onion – ½ cup
Method
Clean and chop greens.
Season Mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves with oil.
Add chillies and onion.
Sauté well.
Add greens (chopped with tender stem), salt and allow it to cook.
(Don’t add water, if need sprinkle some water.)
When it is cooked and dry, add coconut and mix well.
Serve with hot ghee and hot rice.
Serve with curd rice.
NOTE:cook moongdal seperately and add atlast before adding coconut.
Variation: the same receipe can be follow using
1. Siru keerai
2. Manathakali keerai
3. Drumstick leaves
4. Akathi keerai(good for feeding mothers)
5. Karisilankanni
6. Ponnangkanni
7. Mullaikeerai
8. Vallarai
9. Beetroot keerai
10. Thandankeerai
11. Thoyya keerai
12. Panna keerai
13.Arai keerai
INSTANT GREENS RICE
Ingredients
Any greens chopped-1 cup
Chopped small onion-1/2 cup
Green or dry chilly-2
Salt,oil
Turmeric powder
Garam masala powder-1/2 tsp
Lemon –few drops
Cooked rice
Mustard seeds,curry leaves,uraddal and chana dal for seasonings
Method
Season the items with oil.
Add onion and chilly,sauté well.
Add chopped greens,salt and turmeric powder.
Sauté till cooked.
Add garam masala,mix.
Add rice,lemon drops and mix all evenly.
Serve with raita.
