Keerai Kootu

Ingredients

Keerai	1bunch
Yellow dal	1/2cup
Coconut scraped	2tbs
Red chillies	6
Salt	To taste
Oil	1tsp
Mustard seeds	1tsp
Channa dal	1tsp
Asafoetida	A pinch
Cumin seeds	1tsp

Method
1.Wash the keerai thoroughly,chop and boil with salt and mash.
2.Boil the dal in the pressure cooker for 2 whistles.
3.Grind coconut,red chillies and cumin seeds and add to the boiled keerai.
4.Add the boiled dal,salt and boil for a minute.sprinkle asafoetida.
5.Temper with oil,mustard seeds,red chillies and channa dal.

Suggestions

• Use any type of keerai(mulai keerai,paruppu keerai or siru keerai).
• Use three chillies for grinding and three for tempering