Keerai Masiyal (Arai keerai, Mulai keerai, Sirukeerai, Manathakkali keerai,

Ponnanganni keerai) Amarnath leaf curry

All on earth know the value of eating greens and want to consume it in some form or the
other. It is rather difficult to give the greens to young children. So here is the chettinad
special Keerai masiyal recipe which can be given easily even to a 10 month kid. The recipe
can be followed for any of the above mentioned keerai
Ingredients
Mulai keerai or Arai keerai or sirukeerai-3 cups
Small onion-15 or big onion-1
Red chillie-2
Small jeera (cumin seeds)-1 teaspoon
Garlic-3 pods
Pasiparuppu(broken green gram)-1/4 cup (a hand full)
Procedure
Cook the dhal in a kadai in the stove. It is not advisable to pressure cook this dhal as it will
become very sticky if cooked like that. Once the dhal gets cooked nicely, add the minced
keerai, onion and red chilies splitted. See to it that there is at least a cup of water in the kadai
for the keerai to get cooked. The keerai also will leave some water. Let it get cooked for 10
minutes in medium flame. Now add the required salt and cook for 2 more minutes. The whole
thing should be in a semisolid form. Before switching off rub the small jeera in your palms
and add it to the curry. Smash the garlic pods without peeling its skin and add that also in to
the masiyal and switch off the stove. Instead of paruppu sadam, this masiyal can be made
little watery and can be mixed with rice and given to small kids for a change. Too much of
dhal will spoil the real taste of the green.