Lunch with Greens

Twice or Thrice in a week..I will be cooking greens. i love greens. even if i have been asked to eat greens daily i will eat. well I could not translate the name of the greens from Tamil to english.

But here iam giving you 2 Green's Recipes.

1. Arakeerai

2. Thoothu Valai Keerai.

Since Iam Nursing..i will always buy Arakeerai..as it helps in secreting mother's milk. When this

green had with Tuvar dal..it has its full effect.

Next is Thoothu Valai Keerai..As me and My baby got up with cold..we tried up this green..as it cure's cold. Well the recipe for my baby is different from mine.

Arakeerai Pappu:

Ingredients:

1.Arakeerai- 1 bunch

2.Tuvar dal(boiled and mashed)-1/4 cup

3.Onion-1

4.Red chilli-2

5.Turmeric powder- a pinch

Method:

In a kadai..add oil..heat it..add mustard..when it crackles add red chilli and fry it. If you are willing you can add methi seeds and garlic here at this stage. now add sliced onions and fry them. add little turmeric powder and mix well. now add the washed greens/keerai. fry them well till the greens leave the water. when they are cooked add salt and mix with the Tuval dal.

Serve hot with Hot Rice with Ghee.

Thoothu Valai Keerai Thuvaiyal:

Very Rarely you get this green. This leaf is full of thorn's. so it takes patience to remove those thorn's. But it is very healthy one..If any tamil people reading this post check out this week ananda vikatan edition. varam oru keerai..title.

1.Thoothu Valai Keerai-1 cup

2. Grated Coconut-4 spoons

3. Tuvar Dal-1/2 spoon

4.Channa dal-1/2 spoon

5.Urad Dal-1/2 spoon

6. Red chilli-1

Method:

First Roast the dals in a pan and keap it aside. now fry the greens as we fry Mint. after frying..add this to the dals and coconut and salt. grind them coarsely. you can also season it with mustard and saute it again.

This post is for MEC-Greens an event from Cooking 4 all season's Srivalli.http://cooking4allseasons.blogspot.com/2008/02/microwave-easy-cooking-with-tiffins.html