Keerai Rice

Ingredients

• • Rice - 1 cup
• • Onions - 2
• • Mixed greens (finely cut, amaranth, arai keerai & siru keerai) - 3 cups
• • Green chillies - 2
• • Pea nuts (roasted) - 1 tablespoon
• • Lemon - 1
• • Oil - 3 tablespoons
• • Coconut (grated) - 1 teaspoon

Ingredients For Seasoning

• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Cumin seeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Black gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Bengal gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Cashew nuts - a few (optional)

Ingredients For Masala Powder

• • Coriander seeds - 1 ½ teaspoons
• • Black gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Fenugreek - ¼ teaspoon
• • Bengal gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Red chillies - 5
• • Asafoetida powder - a pinch

Method

• 1. Fry the "For masala powder" spices in half a Teaspoon of oil and powder.
• 2. Cook rice till each grain is separate.
• 3. Allow it to cool completely.
• 4. Cut onions into small pieces.
• 5. Clean greens,remove stems wash and then chopped.
• 6. Heat oil, fry seasonings and then with cut green chillies.
• 7. Add onions and fry for two minutes.
• 8. Continue frying with greens till it shrinks and raw flavour goes from it.
• 9. Add cooled rice, salt,powdered spices, pea nut powder and mix well in high flame till everything is mixed well.
• 10. Add grated fresh coconut,squeeze lemon, mix well and serve with curd raita.