Sometimes a simple meal is what is preferred by the whole family which is comforting and healthy. So, today’s menu is a simple Parappu Kheerai Masiyal, Tomato Rasam with some steamed rice. Keerai masiyal is a mix of dal and greens/spinach together cooked with a coconut and other spices. One of the easiest and popular dish from South India is comforting, healthy and simply delicious.
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Ingredients:
Green gram lentil (split and husked) / pasi parappu/ Moong dhuli dal – 1/2 cup
Spinach – a bunch
Green chilies – 2
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Grated fresh Coconut – 1/2 cup
Asafoetida – a pinch
Salt as per taste
Cooking Oil – 1 tbsp
cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Method:
1) Pressure cook lentil with enough water along with turmeric powder and mash it nicely once cooked.
2) Now wash and chop the spinach leaves and boil it adding half a cup water in a pan.
3) Once its cooked mash it nicely or blitz it once in the blender.
4) Take the grated coconut, chilies, cumin seeds and grind it nicely into a paste.
5) Take a pan and add this paste, mashed spinach, cooked dal, salt and a pinch of turmeric powder and mix it nicely. Boil it for few minutes.
6) Take a small frying pan, add oil, mustard seeds and asafoetida. Once mustard seeds crackle, add it to the cooked spinach dal and the dish is ready to served.
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