MANATHAKALLIKEERAI (GREENS) CHUTNEY
Ingredients
Smallonion-1 cup
Greens-1 bundle
G.chilly-5
Tamarind-small ball
Salt
Method:
In oil saute onion, green chilly, curry leaves well.
Add cleaned greens and saute well.
Grind with tamarind and salt.
EAT WITH RICE.
MOONG MANATHAKALI KEERAI KOOTU
Ingredients:
Splitted moong dal-1/2 cup
Greens-1 cup
Coconut-1/4 cup
Red chilly- 3-4
Jeera-1 tsp
Salt
Method
Finely chop the greens.
Grind coconut, chilly, jeera (cumin seeds) to paste.
Dry roast whole green gram dal and broke it or
get splitted moong dal and dry roast lightly.
Now add all the ingredients together, needed water and cook till cootu consistency-semi thick.
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 , 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.
DAL GREENS CURRY
Ingredients
Green gram-1 cup
Manathakali greens-1 bunch
Garlic-3 pods
Jeera-1/4 tsp
Sambar powder-1 tsp
Small onion chopped -1/4 cup
Dhaniya powder-1/2 tsp
Salt
Scrapped coconut-1 tbsp(option)
Oil
Method
Dry roast green gram till smell comes.
Cook with turmeric powder till tender.
Mash coarsely.
Heat some oil,add jeera ,dry or greenchilly(as per taste),curryleaves,onion and garlic.
Sauté for a while.
Add clean and chopped greens,sauté well in sim till cooked.
Add sambar powder,dhaniya powder,coconut and mix well.
Add mashed dal,salt and required water.
Boil for 2 mts.
Serves well with chapathi,rice and even dosa.
SOUP
Ingredients
Chopped greens -1 cup
Tiny chopped onion and tomato-1/2 cup
pepper powder and salt
Method
Boil all the ingredients together with water.
Drink regularly.
Note:
can mash,strain and drink.
Can add little oil for sauting the ingredients.
