sirukeerai masiyal | sirukeerai kadanjadhu | sirukeerai recipes
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Serves: 3
Ingredients
- sirukeerai - 1 big bunch
- small onions - 25
- green chillies - 3
- salt - ½ tsp
Instructions
- Get a big bunch of sirukeerai. Take each stem(thandu) and pluck the leaves from it. In the top(munai) of each stem, there will be a bunch of leaves with soft stalks(kaambu). Just pluck that bunch as a whole as shown in the pic.
- Remove all the leaves and throw away the stems. Wash leaves well. Click here to see how to wash? Drain the water and set aside. Peel 25 small onions and keep ready.
- In a pan, add 3 green chillies with 1 cup of water and let it come to rolling boil. Then add the washed leaves.
- The leaves will shrink soon and come to water-level. Once leaves shrink, cook partially covered(do not cover fully, just ¾th) with a lid(I have used a lid with a hole) in medium flame for 10 mins(open and check the water level, every 3 mins). In the meanwhile, cut small onions lengthwise as 1:3 pieces.
- In a tablespoon of coconut oil, fry chopped onions well in medium flame, till you see mild browns here and there. Switch off and let it cool down.
- In the meantime, switch off keerai, once cooked. It will just take minimum 5 mins to maximum 10 mins. Drain out the excess water and let keerai cool down in a plate/colander. You shall use the drained water to the final mash(after grinding) and thin down the mash, if you wish. Or else, use the water in cooking vegetables for that day. Better, try to use less water so that no excess water remains.
- Once cooled, transfer cooked sirukeerai and fried small onions to mixie jar. Add ½ tsp rock salt or as required and grind it(not too smooth).
Notes
1.Use less water as per the size of ur sirukeerai kattu(bunch). Use minimal water.
2.No need to cut the leaves as we are going to grind them finally.
3.Increase or decrease 1 green chilli as per your spice level. 3 chillies were correct for me.
2.No need to cut the leaves as we are going to grind them finally.
3.Increase or decrease 1 green chilli as per your spice level. 3 chillies were correct for me.
Recipe by My Healthy Kiddo at https://www.myhealthykiddo.com/sirukeerai-masiyal-recipe/