Keerai Thandu Poriyal Recipe / Red Thandu Keerai Poriyal Recipe / Spinach Stalk Poriyal Recipe

This dish is one of the super healthy food. You all know how good spinach is to your body. I have quite a few spinach recipes in my blog. Check it all here. I try to include spinach in my families diet atleast twice or thrice a week. If i find it difficult to make it for lunch, i atleast make this soup. But most of the time i make this kadayal. Because people in this house loves that.

How beautiful this spinach looks right. We buy this keerai thandu quite often, a old lady bring spinach daily to our street..Sometimes she carries this spinach. I never miss to get that from her. I make this keerai thandu purikari often with it. But couple days back, i decided to make poriyal with it. I also made vallarai keerai thogayal to go with it.. It was one healthy lunch.

What i love about the keerai is the bright red colour it has. So give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 15 to 20 mins
Serves : 3 to 4

Ingredients:

Red Amaranth Leaves / Keerai Thandu - 4 cups chopped finely
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
Dry Red Chillies - 2 cut into small pieces
Onions - 1 medium size chopped finely
Garlic - 4 to 5 cloves chopped finely
Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Fresh Coconut - 1/2 cup grated

Method:

Heat oil in a kadai. Add in mustard, urad dal and chillies. Saute for a min.

Add in onions and garlic. Saute for a min.

Add in salt, turmeric and chilli powder. Saute for 30 sec.

Add in spinach leaves and toss well. they will wilt and shrink. Cook it for 8 to 10 mins. Stir inbetweeen.

Now add in grated coconut and toss well for another 5 mins.

Serve with rice.

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