Our Lunch on Friday

Hi Friends,

Sambhar,Amaranth Leaves Poriyal with Pappad. This was our menu this friday, I usually make something that has dhal in it on Tuesdays and Fridays. So always we'll have Sambhar on Friday. Will post the recipe for our Sambhar once my MIL comes here. I always love her sambhar. Whatever I do, I can't make sambhar like her the aroma it gives out when she makes sambhar will make us hungry. I have been watching(learning) to make sambhar like her for almost 4 yrs now, but could not make one.

Today am going to post the recipe for Amaranth Leaves Poriyal(Thandu Keerai Poriyal).

Amaranth Leaves Poriyal

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Ingredients:

Red Leave/Amaranth Leaves - about 15 stalks

Onion - .5

Red Chilli - 1

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad Dhal - 1 tsp

Coconut(grated) - 1 Tbsp

Garlic - 1 pod

Firstly, we have to cut the red leaves. You can preserve the thandu for making kootu or you can add them in the curry also. I usually preserve some of the thandu for making kootu,so i'll remove about half of the stalk. If you have a thick, broad thandu then you have to make this poriyal only with the leaves omitting the stalk.

Note: You can wash the leaves well, before you cut so that the nutrients in the leaves can be preserved.

Add about 3-4 Tbsp of water, let it boil then add some salt and then the leaves. You can omit the salt if you are worried about the colour change. Then cover and cook this for 5 mins. In between you can also check once to see if there is enough water else you can add some. But do not add more.Once you see the leaves settling down you can leave it open and wait until all the water is absorbed(if there is more water then you can drain the excess water). Set this aside for sometime.

Mean while you can make a coarse grind mixture of Garlic,coconut and half of the cumin seeds. Jus give a whip, so that the coconut is seen distinctly. Then do the talippu. Add red chilli,mustard seeds,while the mustards split add the urad dhal and then add curry leaves and onion. Fry this mixture for 2 mins, until the onion is cooked well. Then add the boiled leaves, make a stir fry and then add the coconut paste. Stir fry this until it get's dry.

The Poriyal is ready. It is good for your health since it contains lot of fibre,less oil.