Need tricks to make your kids eat greens? I have some ideas:) I have a very picky eater at my home, so I have to be creative and attract them to eat vegetables. Keerai Masiyal is one of my kids favorite! You can also add this to the roti to make green roti, My kids love colorful roti’s. Look for my next post on how to make healthy colorful roti’s.
Prepare below ingredients: Spinach ( 1 bunch), Moong Daal (1 cup), Onion (1/2), Tomato (1 small/medium), Green Chili (3-4)
For Tadka: Mustard seeds, Urudu daal, Cumin seeds, red chili, curry leaves and hing
Add the washed spinach, moong daal, required salt, tomatos, green chillies, some onion and 2 cup of water to the pressure pan. Cook for 3 whistles in the pressure pan
Once all pressure gets released, open the pan lid and allow it to cool. Once the mixture comes to room temperature, transfer the content to the blender and blend it until you get below shown consistency. You can transfer back the mixture to a bowl or pressure pan. Now take a frying pan and add two spoons of oil for tadka. I will add a spoon of ghee to add more taste but it is optional.Add mustard seeds, Split urudu daal, dry red chili, hing, onions, curry leaves to the hot oil and fry it. Add the tadka to the Keerai masiyal and now it keerai masiyal is ready to be served.
Steps to prepare:
Ingredients
- Spinach – 1 bunch
- Onion – 1/2 medium size
- Tomato – 1 small
- Green Chili – 4-6 (as per spice level)
- Moong Daal – 1 cup
- Salt to taste
- Water- 2 cup
- Turmeric – 1/2 tsp
For Tadka
- Oil – 2 Tbsp
- Ghee – 1/2 Tbsp ( Optional)
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 Tbsp
- Urudu Daal – 1/2 Tbsp
- Cumin Seeds – 1/2 Tbsp
- Hing/Asafoetida – a pinch
- Red Chili – 3-5
- Curry Leaves – 1 string
Steps:
- Wash the spinach and moong daal to start with. Add washed spinach, moong daal, tomatos, green chilies, onions, salt as required and 2 cups of water to the pressure pan. Allow it to cook for 3 whistle and let it cool down to get all the pressure released.
- Transfer the mixture from the pressure pan to blender and blend well to make it to paste consistency.
- Now prepare tadka with all the ingredients mentioned under Tadka.
- Transfer the masiyal from blender to a bowl/ pressure pan and add the tadka for garnishing.
- Keerai Masiyal is now ready to be served with white rice. My kids love it!
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