Vallarai Keerai Kootu Recipe / Keerai Kootu Recipe / Brahmi Leaves Kootu Recipe

Vallarai Keerai or Brahmi leaves which it is called in english is really healthy for us and increases memory power, so good for kids. I have three recipes of that keerai in this blog, check out my vallarai keerai sambar, vallarai keerai thogayal. This is another simple recipe which can be prepared using that keerai.

I made this kootu so many days before and served it with paruppu rasam and vazhakkai chukka fry. It was truly yummy, vallarai keerai has a little bitterness, so i added a tiny bit of sugar to balance it and it really worked. You can check out my other kootu recipes and spinach recipes too..Hope you will love this and let me know if you try this.

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 25 to 30 mins

Serves : 4 to 5

Ingredients:

Vallarai Keerai / Brahmi leaves- 2 cup chopped finely

Yellow Split Moong Dal / Pasi paruppu - 1/2 cup

Tomatoes - 1 large chopped

Garlic - 2 fat cloves

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Sugar - 1/2 tsp

For Grinding:

Fresh Coconut - 1/2 cup Grated

Dry Red Chilli - 2

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp

Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu - 1 tblspn

For Seasoning:

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp

Cumin Seeds/ Jeerakam - 1/2 tsp

Urad dal / Ulundu paruppu - 1 tsp

Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya podi - 1/4 tsp

Curry Leaves a sprig

Method:

Take all grinding ingredients in a blender, add some water and make it into smooth puree.

Take dal, spinach, tomatoes, garlic, turmeric powder and water in a pressure cooker. Cook it for 2 whistle, simmer the flame for 10 mins. Turn the heat off and let the steam go all by itself.

Now open the cooker and put it back on stove. Add salt, sugar and ground masala. Mix well. Adjust the consistency with some water.Let this simmer for 5 mins..

Now make seasoning by heating oil and frying all seasoning ingredients in it. Pour this over the kootu and mix well.

Serve with rice.

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