Greens Mash

This post went missing after blogger maintenance.Re-posting it.

This mash of greens and lentils tasted awesome.One of the main reasons being it was grown at home in the pot with out any pesticide.The greens were so fresh, it went straight from the pot to the pan with only cutting time to be accounted for!If you get a hold of this keerai,do grow it at home.Its worth the effort.I have used Indian Spinach and Dwarf Copper leaf.Check out the colour of the leaves bursting with good health.Indian Spinach is a good source of iron and calcium and the Dwarf Copper Leaf is a good source of anti oxidants.It also has the ability to scavenge free radicals.Do get your fix of antioxidants with this mash.While eating greens it is advisable to drink lemon juice to aid the absorption of iron from greens.

Ingredients

Indian spinach(pasalai keerai)-1 cup

Dwarf Copperleaf foreign species-1/2 cup(Semmai Ponnanganni)

Toor Dal -half cup

Small Onion-5-6 finely chopped

Green chilly-1

Red chilly-2

Mustard-1/4 tsp

Jeera-3/4 tsp

Asafoetida-2 pinches

Tomato-1

Turmeric-2 pinches

Oil for tempering-1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Method-First wash and clean the greens,changing the water several times.Cut the greens into bits.Take a vessel add the greens with little bit of water.To this add green chilly ,tomato, finely chopped onions turmeric,asafoetida and salt.Cook till well done.Mash the greens with a spatula.Now add the cooked dal and mash well.Temper with mustard,jeera and red chilly.You can add a little bit of ghee to rice to enhance the flavour.This is going to Priya's Veggie/Fruit of May 2011 is SPINACH ,guest hosted by Reshmi of Rasoi

Arai keerai Masiyal with Puli

Ingredients

Arai Keerai--One bunch

Green Chillies-1or 2 according to taste

Tomato-1

Tamarind-Lemon sized ball

Turmeric -a pinch

Salt-to taste

To splutter

Oil-1tsp

Red chilli-1 

Mustard-1tsp

Jeera-1tsp

Asafoetida-drizzle a few times from bottle

Method:

Wash and clean the greens thoroughly.Cut into bits,add water and boil the greens with a little turmeric powder, green chillies,tomatoes and a small ball of tamarind along with salt.Let this mixture cool.Mash nicely in a mixer.Finally splutter the required ingredients and add to this mixture.I love arai keerai with the tanginess of tamarind.My grand mom used to serve this with a dollop of butter.

Sending this to the only greens event and paris event