கீரை வகைகள் / Keerai Varieties

அகத்தி கீரை  Hummingbird Tree Leaves

மனத்தக்காளி கீரை Black nightshade leaves

பொன்னாங்கன்னி கீரை  Dwarf copper leaves

முருங்கை கீரை 

தண்டு கீரை 

புளிச்ச கீரை Sorrel Leaves

Pudhina Sadham/ Mint Rice / புதினா சாதம்

Ingredients:

Table -1:
1 cup	Pudina leaves
1 cup	Corainder leaves
2 pods	Garlic
1 inch	Ginger
2	Green Chillies
Table -2:
2 cup	Rice
1 tbsp	Oil
1 tsp	Ghee
2 each	Bay leaves, cardamom, cloves
1 each	star anise, marathi mokku
1 cup	Sliced Onion
1 cup	coconut milk
as needed	Salt

Method:


1. Grind the ingredients in Table-1.
2. Heat the oil and ghee in a pressure cooker.
3. Add the Bay leaves, cardamom, cloves,star anise, marathi mokku  and fry without burning them.
4. Add the sliced onions and fry till golden brown.
5. Add the ground paste and salt and fry for few minutes.
6. Add the coconut milk and the water needed for the rice.
7. Add the rice once the water starts boiling.
8. Pressure cook them for 1 or 2 whistles.
9. Pudina Rice is ready to serve.

Note:

It can be served with the raita of your choice.
You can add peas to the rice if it looks plain.

Kambu thayir sadham/ கம்பு தயிர் சாதம்

Ingredients:

1.5 cup	kambu Sadham
2 tbsp	yogurt
as needed	Salt

Method:


1. Cook Kambu as mentioned here .
2. Mix Kambu Sadham, Yogurt and Salt in a bowl.
3. Add Water if you want liquid consistency.
4. Kambu Thayir Sadham is ready to serve with pickle or onion.

Sprouted Green gram Poriyal / முளை கட்டிய பாசிப் பயிறு பொரியல்

Ingredients:

2 cups	Sprouted Green gram
1/2 cup	Chopped Onions
2	Red Chillies
few	Curry leaves
few	mustard seeds
1/2 tsp	Split Urad Dal
1 tablespoon	Oil
2 tablespoon	Grated Coconut(Optional)
as needed	Salt

Method:


1. Cook the sprouted gram in a pan with 1 cup of water and salt in a pan for 8-10 mins.
2.   Heat oil in a pan and allow mustard seeds to splitter in it.
3. Add curry leaves, onions, red chillies,  and fry for few minutes until  onions turn golden brown.
4. Then, add the cooked sprouts.
5.Cook it for 3-4 minutes in the medium heat.
6. Add the grated coconut to the cooked sprouts and then fry for two minutes.
7. Sprouted Green gram Poriyal is ready to eat.

Note:
In the same way, you can prepare sprouted red chori beans Poriyal.

How to Sprout Green gram/ Red Chori Beans?/ பாசிப் பயிறு / தட்டைப் பயிறு முளை கட்டுவது எப்படி?

Ingredients:

1.5 cup

Green gram/ Red Chori Beans

Method:


1. Soak the Green gram/ Red Chori Beans in the water for 8-10 hrs.
2. Tie them in a muslin or cotton cloth and leave them for 14 to 16 hrs.
3. Now the sprouts are ready to eat or cook.

Winter Melon Salad/ Neer Poosani Salad/ நீர் பூசணி சாலட்

Ingredients:

2 cups	Grated Winter Melon
2 tbsp	Yogurt/Curd
1/2 tsp	Pepper powder
as needed	Salt

Method:


1. Grate the Winter Melon after peeling the outer skin.
2. Mix the grated Winter Melon, yogurt,Pepper powder and salt in a bowl.
3. Winter Melon Salad is ready.

Murungai Keerai Sambar/ Drumstick Leaves Sambar /முருங்கை கீரை சாம்பார்

Ingredients:

1 cups	Dried or Fresh Drumstick Leaves
1.5 cups	Toor Dal
1 cup	Chopped Onion
1 medium size	tomato
2	Red Chillies
few	mustard seeds
1 tablespoon	Oil
1 tsp	Sambar Powder
1/4 tsp	Turmeric powder
as needed	Salt

Method:


1. Cook the Toor Dal and Drumstick Leaves along with turmeric powder and few drops of oil in the pressure cooker.
2. Heat oil in a pan and allow mustard seeds to splitter in it.
3. Add curry leaves,  red chillies, chopped onion  and fry for few minutes until it turns golden brown.
4. Then, add the chopped tomato and add salt and Sambar powder.
5. Cook till the tomatoes are soft and add the cooked Toor dal.
6. Drumstick Leaves Sambar is ready.