Agathi keerai poriyal /Green leaf curry using Keerai Masala powder

Agathi Keerai - " King of Greens "

Agathi keerai is one of the richest healthy greens among all other Greens. Many of us do not like to have this greens and neglect it because of its poor taste. Here I have given you the method to cook the greens as a tasty and flavourful side dish for your meal. 

For your convinience :

English: Agathi
TAMIL: Agathi Keerai
TELUGU: Avise
Hindi: Agasti
KANNADA: Agase
MALAYALAM: Agathi

Ingredients:

1. Agathi Keerai - 1 Bunch
2. Big Onion - 1
3. Shallots - 5 nos (optional)
4. Channa Dal - 2 tsp
5. Urad Dal - 1 tsp
6. Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
7. Red Chilli - 2 nos
8. Keerai Masala Powder - 1 to 2 tbsp
9. Cooking Oil - 1 tbsp
10. Salt as per taste

Cooking Method:
Wash the greens thoroughly for 2 to 3 times and cut it as small leaves.

In a pan add some water and add the cutted greens along with some salt. Cook in medium flame until it gets cooked. Do not close the Lid (Greens must not be closed while getting cooked. I follow my Mom). Do not drain the water. Cook with water as needed.

In another pan add some oil followed by onion, red chilli and cooked greens. saute it for some time. Then add keerai masala powder followed by grated coconut. give a quick saute and switch off the flame.
  
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Now your tasty and masala flavoured greens curry is ready to have with Rice.

Notes:

• For Variation you can use Murungai Keerai instead of agathi keerai. The same process as above.
• To make the curry quickly skip the 2nd step that is cooking the keerai separately. Instead, after sauting onions you can add keerai and then add water for cooking the keerai along with onions. After getting cooked add keerai masala powder.
• This masala powder is preferably used for cooking only Murungai and agathi Keerai. 

Keerai Masala Powder / Greens Recipe

Everybody would have heard masala powders for curry, gravy and for frying dishes, here it is strange to prepare masala powder for cooking greens. Most of us hesitate to have agathi keerai (one kind of green leaf) because of its poor taste. But there are many unknown factors hidden behind this agathi keerai. This keerai is known as " king of Green leaves ". It is a nutrient rich powerful green leaf which is consumed twice or thrice a month only with regular time interval. In the next post I will be posting How to cook the greens by adding masala powder.

Here I have given a masala powder which when added to this agathi keerai gives a rich flavour and it is too healthy and digestible masala powder. Here is the Recipe for U all. You can view How to cook agathi keerai using keerai masala powder here.

Ingredients:

1. Toor Dal - 2 tbsp
2. Channa Dal - 1 tbsp
3. Rice - 1 tbsp
4. Jeera - 1 tbsp
5. Dried Red Chilli - 4 nos

  
Directions to make Keerai masala powder:

In a pan add rice followed by other ingredients. Saute in low flame for about 2 to 5 mins(no need to add oil for sauting). switch off the flame. Let it be cool for some time. 

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After it is cool add in a mixer grinder and grind it to a fine powder. 

Store it in an air tight container.