I think about manathakkali keerai(Black night shade in English) only when we get mouth ulcers and inflammations .It gives a good cure for liver & other stomach related problems.Apart from these,there are many more health benefits.So I treat this keerai as a medicine mostly.I usually make
Manathakkali thanni saaru using fresh leaves and
Vatha kuzhambuwith dried berries.Its been my long time wish to try kootu recipe with it.But I was afraid of its bitter taste.My MIL told me to add more dal and coconut to suppress its bitterness.I followed the same and the kootu came out very well.This time I followed an easy method and cooked it directly in the pressure cooker just like paruppu keerai.Its taste was very close to hotel ones.Here I have used moong dal.You can replace it with toor dal or chana dal too.Friends,do try this easy,healthy kootu.It’s a good side dish for Vatral kulambu rice.Lets see how to make this South Indian style manathakkali kootu recipe.
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Manathakkali keerai kootu recipe
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Manathakkali keerai kootu recipe-Healthy,easy one pot keerai kootu recipeCuisine:Indian
Category:Side dish for rice
Yields:3
Prep time:15 Min
Cook time:15 Min
Total time:30Min
INGREDIENTS
1 cup = 200ml
- Manathakkali keerai/Black night shade – 2 cups
- Mooong dal - 3 tbsp
- Salt & Water – as needed
- Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
- Rice flour - 1 tsp
- Cooking oil or coconut oil - 1.5 tbsp
- Mustard seeds -1 tsp
- Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Small onion - 15 nos or Big onion - 1 no
- Tomato – 1 no
- Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp
- Sambar powder - 1.5 tsp
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METHOD
- Remove the leaves from stalk and wash it twice.Chop them roughly and set aside.Chop the onions,tomato.Keep aside.
- Grind the coconut and rice flour to a smooth paste.Set aside.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker base and splutter mustard seeds,jeera.curry leaves. Add onions, tomato and saute till transparent & mushy.Add the moong dal,saute for a minute.Now add the chopped keerai and saute until they shrink.
- Add 1 cup of water,sambar powder,turmeric powder and required salt. Cook it for one whistle in very low flame.
- After the pressure is released,add the ground coconut paste and boil the kootu for 5 minutes.Add some water if it thickens.Lastly add the coconut oil and switch off the flame.
Transfer the kootu to a bowl aned close with a lid. |
Note
- For variations u can cook the leaves &dal separately and mix them as given in my keerai kootu recipe.
- Replace manathakkali with arai keerai,mulai keerai or palak and proceed as given above.
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Manathakkali keerai kootu recipe-Healthy,easy one pot keerai kootu recipe
