Ingredients

• Tropical Amaranth – 1 bunch
• Green gram dal (splitted) – 1 tbsp
• Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder – A pinch
• Coriander powder – 4 tsp
• Small onion – 2
• Tomato – 1
• Garlic cloves – 2
• Coconut – 1/4
• Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves – Few
• oil – Required
• salt – Required

How to Prepare

Total Preparation time 25-30 minutes

1. Clean sirukeerai, wash it and chop it finely and keep aside
2. Chop onion, grate coconut, chop garlic, grind it, chop tomato and keep aside
3. Take a pan and add 50ml water, green gram and make it boil for 5 minutes
4. Heat the pan with oil, then add mustard seeds, cumin seeds
5. Once it crackles, add onion, curry leaves and saute it well till onion become golden
6. Add tomato and saute it for 3 minutes
7. After that add turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder and fry it till raw smell goes off
8. Then add ponnangani keerai and required salt and mix it well
9. Add 100ml water, cook them for 10 minutes till greens become reduced
10. If not cooked after 5 minutes, add some water and cook it again
11. Then sprinkle grated coconut and saute it for 5 minutes
12. Finally turn off the flame and transferred it to a bowl
13. Now the healthy Sirukeerai Poriyal is ready to serve.