How to make Keerai Chutney -
Flavourfully tempered spinach chutney
This recipe is from the book Dakshin Delights.
Main Ingredients : Spinach (पालक), Split Black Gram Skinless
Cuisine : Tamil Nadu
Course : Pickles, Jams and Chutneys
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Keerai Chutney Recipe Card
Hindi: palak
Treasure house of vitamins and minerals, spinach must be included in the week's menu. The usage can be varied: chopped spinach leaves cooked with potatoes is a semi-wet vegetable with rotis, a few spinach leaves thrown in with mixed vegetables and turned into a soup is lovely on a cold winter night, chopped and blanched spinach makes a different sort of raita, spinach puree can be used in cutlets or kababs, the list goes on.
Prep Time : 11-15 minutes
Cook time : 26-30 minutes
Serve :
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Tangy
Ingredients for Keerai Chutney Recipe
Spinach roughly chopped 1 bunch
Split Black Gram Skinless scraped 4 tablespoons
Split black gram skinless (dhuli urad dal) 1 tablespoon
Split Bengal gram (chana dal) 1 tablespoon
Dried red chillies 4
Asafoetida 1/4 teaspoon
Onion chopped 1 medium
Tomato chopped 1 medium
Green chilli chopped 1
Oil 1 teaspoon
Tamarind pulp 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Method
Step 1
Heat the oil in a pan. Add the split black gram and split Bengal gram and roast to a golden brown. Add the red chillies, asaofetida, onion, tomato and green chilli.
Step 2
Sauté for five minutes. Add the spinach, coconut, tamarind pulp and salt. Mix well. Remove from heat and cool. Grind to a fine paste and serve.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 399 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 41.1 gm
Protein : 13.1 gm
Fat : 20.2 gm
Other : Fiber- 17.2gm
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