Spinach with coconut - ചീര തോരൻ

Fresh spinach

Ingredients

Cheera ( Spinach red) - 1bunch

Shallots ( Small onion) - 5 Nos:

Garlic- 2 pods

Green Chilli- 3 Nos

Turmeric powder- 1/2 tea spoon

Grated coconut-1 cup

Mustard seeds- 1 tea spoon

Coconut oil or Sunflower oil- 1 table spoon

Curry leaf- 6-7 leaf

Preparation

Grind green chilly, shallot & garlic in a dry mixer without adding water. Add grated coconut , turmeric powder & salt to it and grind together ( Just to get it crushed. Dont grind more). Mix sliced spinach and the grinded mixture and keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan, Splutter mustard seeds, add curry leaf to it and fry. Add spinach to it, mix well and cook it in low flame with closed lid for 5 min.

After 5 minutes saute the mix until it get little dried and cooked.

Cheera thoran is now ready to serve.



Aloo Palak

Ingredients



Spinach( palak cheera) - 1 bunch

Onion- 1 big

Potato- 2

Green chilli- 2

Garlic- 4 pods

Ginger- 1/2 inch

Shallot- 2

Mastard seed- 1 tsp

Cumin- 1 pinch(very little)

Chilli powder- 1/2 tsp

Corriandor powder- 1/2 tsp

Garam masala- 1/4 tsp

Turmeric period - 1/2 tsp

Oil- 2 tsp

Salt for taste



Preparation



Wash the palak leaves and drain it well then cut into pieces.

Add 1 tsp oil in a pan heat it add sliced (small cubes) ginger

Add garlic after sauting ginger and continue sauting for 1 minute.

Add onion in to it and saute it until it turn slight brown.

Add cut spinach to it and cook it in low flame. Once it is cooked, keep this mix aside to cool well.

Cook cut potato in a pan of water with little salt and turmeric powder.

Once cooked spinach gets cool, grind it in a mixer until it become thick paste.

Splutter mustard seed and add shallots to it and saut well. Add chilli powder, coriander powder and little meat masala salt and saute for little time. Add grind paste of spinach and cooked potato and mix well. heat it until it boil. Turn off flame and keep it little time in closed lid and then serve.