MOR KEERAI RECIPE / KEERAI MOR KOOTU RECIPE
Ingredients
- 3 cup Any greens / Amaranth Leaves / harive soppu, cleaned and chopped
- 1 cup Buttermilk /sour curd
For grinding / Masala
- 1/2 cup coconut, grated
- 3-5 nos Green Chilli
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds/ Jeera
- 2 tsp Besan /Bengal Gram Flour, (used for thickening)
- 1/4 tsp Haldi /turmeric
- Salt to taste
For the seasoning
- 1 tsp Oil
- 3/4 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1-2 nos Red Chilli, broken
- few Curry Leaves
- a pinch Asafoetida/ hing
Instructions
- Wash and rinse amaranth leaf / any that you are using . Chop it finely. If the stem is too tender , you can chop them along with leaves.
- Cook greens with a cup of water , till greens are nicely cooked . Mash the greens well.
- Grind the ingredients given under grinding to a very smooth paste. .. ie grind coconut ,cumin, chilli , salt , turmeric , besan .. along with little water .
- Add the ground coconut paste and curd/ buttermilk as needed.
- Mix everything well and bring it to a gentle boil .
- Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add red chillies , hing and curry leaves.Pour the seasoning over the mor keerai.
- Healthy and nutritious Amaranth majjige huli / mor keerai kootu is ready. Enjoy with rice.
Notes
- Always finely chop the greens as it will give majjige huli a great texture .
- Don't over boil ... just a gentle boil else it will become watery.