Spinach | keerai 1 bunch (2 cups chopped) Garlic 20 cloves Onion 1 Red chili 2 Green chili 1 Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Oil 3 tsp Peanuts 1 tblsp Coconut 1 tblsp Salt as needed Sugar 1/2 tsp Method:
Chop the spinach finely. I used the round spinach available here in local Fair Price shops. You can use arai keerai or mullai keerai ,Amaranth leaves too. In a saucepan boil 3 cups of water and add sugar to this. When it boils nicely add the chopped spinach to this and switch off the pan. Immediately drain the water and pour cold water to this. This step will reduce the cooking further more and retain the green colour. Keep it aside. Chop the onions finely. Take out the skin of the garlic. I used roasted peanuts, if using raw peanuts, dry roast it and keep aside. In a pan add oil and add mustard seeds and red chili. Slit the green chili and also add to it. Add the finely chopped onions and the whole garlic. Cook till the onions become translucent. Add the cooked keerai to this. Add salt and mix well. Cook this for 2 minutes in a low flame. Coarsely grind the peanuts and add to this now. I used roasted peanuts. Add the coconut to this too. Mix well. Switch off the flame. Keerai vepdu is ready to serve.
Method with step by step pictures:
Chop the spinach finely. I used the round spinach available here in local Fair Price shops. You can use arai keerai or mullai keerai,Amaranth leaves too. In a saucepan boil 3 cups of water and add sugar to this. When it boils nicely add the chopped spinach to this and switch off the pan. Immediately drain the water and pour cold water to this. This step will reduce the cooking further more and retain the green colour.
Keep it aside. Chop the onions finely. Take out the skin of the garlic. I used roasted peanuts, if using raw peanuts, dry roast it and keep aside. Coarsely grind this and keep aside.
In a pan add oil and add mustard seeds and red chili. Slit the green chili and also add to it. Add the finely chopped onions and the whole garlic. Cook till the onions become translucent.
Add the cooked keerai to this. Add salt and mix well. Cook this for 2 minutes in a low flame. Coarsely grind the peanuts and add to this now. I used roasted peanuts. Add the coconut to this too.
Mix well. Switch off the flame. Keerai vepudu is ready to serve.
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