Keerai Milagootal

Keerai Milagootal is a Palakad dish made from greens and toor dal. You can use spinach, amaranth leaves or otheYou can serve this with rice or roti.  It is easy to make and a healthy dish with lots of protein and other nutrients.

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Preparation time: 30 minutes

No. of servings: 4

Spice level: 2.5 out of 5

Ingredients:

• Spinach – 250 gram
• Urad dal – 1 tsp
• Dried red chilies – 2
• Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
• Shredded coconut – 3 tbsp
• Toor dal – 1/2 cup
• Oil – 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds and urad dal – 1 tsp each

Method of Preparation:

Pressure cook toor dal with 1 and 1/2 cups of water and mash it. Wash and finely chop spinach. Boil with 1/2 cup of water until it is cooked and shrunk.

Heat a tsp of oil and roast dried chilies and a tsp of urad dal until it becomes golden brown. Grind roasted chili, urad dal along with cumin, coconut and a little water to a fine paste.

Finally add cook spinach and pulse for a couple of times.

Add spinach mixture and cooked toor dal to a sauce pan or kadai and bring it to a boil. Remove from heat. Milagootal is ready. Heat a tsp of oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds. After it splutters add urad dal and fry until golden brown.

Add this to the cooked spinach milagootal. Serve hot with rice or roti.