Keerai sadam recipe
Healthy Spinach rice recipe, perfect for lunch box too
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 1 cup washed and chopped spinach
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tsp ghee
- 1 clove garlic
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- Salt as needed
To temper
- 3 tsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 2 tsp chana dal
- 2 tbsp peanuts
- 1 onion
Instructions
- In a pan add 1 tsp oil and add the chopped spinach, garlic and cumin seeds.
- Saute this for 2-3 minutes till the spinach gets cooked. Let this retain it’s green color.
- Take out and grind this into a smooth paste by adding little water.
- In the same pan add 3 tsp of oil and add the mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal and peanuts.
- Saute till the dal turns golden brown.
- Now add the onions to this.
- Add salt to this and cook till it becomes translucent.
- Now add the ground paste.
- Saute for 2 minutes.
- Now add the cooked rice to this.
- Mix well evenly.
- Add 1 tsp of ghee to this.
- Mix well. Keerai sadam is ready.
- Serve with vadam or onion raita.
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Notes
1. You can use Indian palak, arai keerai or mulai keerai, or round spinach too.
2. Methi leaves | vendaya keerai won’t suit this keerai sadam.
3. Parboiled carrots and peas can be added to this keerai sadam.
4. You can use basmati rice for making this keerai sadam.