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siru keerai kulambu /Keerai sambar/Keerai Kuzhambu with dal

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • Siru keerai / Tropical amaranth - 1 bunch small(cleaned,washed and chopped)
  • Toor dal/thuvaram paruppu - 1/2 cup
  • Castor oil/vellakennai - 1/2 tsp optional
  • Moong dal/pasiparuppu - 1/4 cup
  • Salt to taste
  • Tamarind - 1/2 the size of small lemon soaked and taken extract
For tempering:
  • Ghee or oil - 1 tbsp
  • Mustard - 1 tsp
  • Asafoetida/hing - 1/2 tbsp
  • Dry red chillies - 1or 2
  • Green chillies - 1or 2
  • Fenugreek seeds/vendhayam - 1/2 tbsp

Method
 

  1. Boil both dals together in a pressure cooker with water and some castor oil.
  2. Clean,wash and chop greens and keep ready.
  3. Keep a kadai with ghee or oil.
  4. Add mustard to splutter,then add fenugreek.
  5. Add hing, green and red chillies.
  6. Now add greens and stir till it shrinks by adding needed salt.
  7. Add tamarind water and boil for 2 minutes.
  8. Now add boiled dal with water(adjust to sambar consistency by adding more water).
  9. Adjust salt if necessary.
  10. Let it boil for some time.
  11. Then switch off and serve hot with rice.

Notes

At last you can add a dollop of ghee for more flavour.
You can add even jeera and crushed garlic for tempering.
I have not added turmeric powder,if you want you can add.