Keerai Poriyal | Greens Stir Fry | Side Dish for Rice

Simple and tasty way of making greens is greens stir fry. I am not a big fan of greens, but my mom and dad are..so when ever we have lunch with greens my dad keeps talking about the goodness of greens and how healthy he is by including it in his diet. Yet, I never care to eat greens. But now I am forced to include greens in my diet due to health concerns and I very much regret for not eating it these many days when my mom made varieties of greens as they are really tasty and not as bad as I thought it would be. Now I like making greens but the most lazy part is to clean it!!!

GREENS STIR FRY RECIPE

Recipe Category: South Indian | Side Dish

Preparation Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Keerai | Greens - 1 bunch
Small Onion (Shallots) - 10, finely chopped
Salt - to taste
Water - little to sprinkle for greens cooking
Coconut - 2 tbsp, fresh,grated

To Temper: 

Oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Urad Dhal - 1 tsp
Red Chillies - 3, broken

Method of  Preparation:

1. Clean the greens well after removing from the stem and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan and add the items under "To Temper". Add chopped onions and saute well till it turns golden brown. Add the salt. Add the greens.

2. Mix well and saute nicely in medium heat. Add turmeric powder and mix well. Sprinkle little water and let it cook for few minutes. As the greens cooks, it starts to shrink and reduce in volume. At this stage add freshly grated coconut and stir well. Remove from heat and serve hot!!

Notes:

• I have used ponnagani keerai for the recipe preparation. 
• Instead of red chillies you can sue green chillies. 
• You can skip coconut flakes from using it if you don't want.
• You can also cut the leaves into two if you wish.

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