Vallarai keerai thuvaiyal recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups Vallarai keerai (measure packed)
• 1 Onion
• 1 Tomato
• 1 tbsp Urad dal
• 5 Red chillis
• 1/8 tsp Asafoetida
• 2 tsp oil
• Salt

Instructions

1. 1

   To start with, heat a pan with oil. Add red chillies, asafoetida and urad dal to it.

2. 2

   Roast until dal turns reddish. Drain from oil and keep aside.

3. 3

   In the same oil, add onion and sautee for a minute. Tip in tomatoes and give it a stir.

4. 4

   Add vallarai keerai to the pan and saute in low flame. As you stir, it gets shrunk.

5. 5

   Cook well for 3-4 minutes in low flame.

6. 6

   Actually you can saute in oil separately first and set aside. Then proceed with sauteeing onion and tomato. But I did this way.

7. 7

   Just make sure to cook vallarai keerai well.

8. 8

   Remove in a plate and cool down everything.

9. 9

   Place the cooled items in blender/ mixie and add 2-3 tbsp of water.

10. 10

    Grind with required salt. Mix in between once for even grinding.

11. 11

    Transfer to the serving bowl.