Mulai Keerai Poondu Masiyal

Ingredients:

• Mulai Keerai- 1 bunch
• Garlic flakes- 8
• Green chilli- 1
• Salt – ½ teaspoon
• ghee 2 sp
• mustard seeds 1/2 sp
• Udad dal 1/2 sp

Method:

• Remove the roots and wash the keerai thoroughly.
• Chop the keerai finely.
• Place the chopped keerai in a thick bottomed vessel.
• Crush the garlic slightly and add to the keerai along with salt.
• Close it with a lid.
• Cook the keerai in slow flame.
• No need to add water since the keerai will cook in its own water content.
• When the keerai is cooked, mash it finely with a flat spoon.
• If you use the wooden matthu (round wood with long handle), you will get nice mashed Keerai masiyal.
• In another kadai make seasoning and pour on this keerai masiyal.
• Your yummy keerai mysiyalis ready to serve.

Notes:

• Some people use mixie for mashing the keerai. We can do it. But do not over run the mixie, just grind for one round. that is enough.
• You can make seasoning with garlic and then add chopped keerai. This will increase the taste of keerai.