Keerai & Poondu kadaisal( Green & Garlic gravy)

Mullai Keerai and Poondu kadaisal (prepataion time 15 mins)
Garlic is very good source to bring down cholesterol. In below dish we are going to add raw and boiled garlic to keerai and make one paste like gravy. You can take this with white rice and little ghee.

Greens should be taken during day time because it will take more time (approximately 7 to 8 hrs) to digest so try avoiding greens during night time

Ingredients:-
Mullai keerai - 1 bunch ( cleaned and chopped)
Poondu (garlic) - 7 to 8 pods
Green chili - 1
Water & Salt as required

Preparation method:-
Boil water and add keerai, salt, green chili & 5 garlic (poondu) pods and cook till the keerai is cooked.
Leave this to cool and put in a blender along with the uncooked 2 garlic pods.
Blend it with smooth paste and serve with white rice.
This recipe is very simple and easy to make healthy dish.

Seeru keerai, vengaiyam, thakali kootu (Keerai gravy)

Seeru Keerai thalicha kootu (preparation time 20 to 25 mins)

When i married and came to my husbands house i saw, my in-law making this dish. I was wondering how this dish will be.
She told that in some variety of green leaves the smell will be different and we don't like so, to over come this onion, tomato & garlic is added.
She made this with seeru keerai. It is widely available in tamilnadu but don't know about other places.


Ingredients:-
Seerukeerai - Clean and chopped finely
Sambar powder - 1 tsp
Garlic pods - 10
Tomato - 1 chopped to small cubes
Onion - 1 chopped to small pieces
Urad dhal - 2 tsp
Red chili - 2
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seed - 1 tbsp
Sesame oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard seed - 1/4 tsp
Salt - to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Water - to cook
Toor dhal - 1/2 cup pressured cooked for 10 to 15 mins and mashed.

Preparation method:-
Boil water in a vessel along with turmeric, salt & sambar powder. When it boils add the chopped greens and cook till it is soft. Add cooked toor dhal and boil for 2 minutes.
Now in a tawa add oil, mustard seed to splutter, urad dhal to slight brown color, cumin to splutter, split red chili to slight brown. Add garlic pods, onion and cook for few mins along with little salt.
When done add the chopped tomato and cook. Finally add the pepper powder and transfer to seeru keerai kootu.
This goes well with rice and chapati.