Friday, February 3, 2012

KEERAI MASIYAL (WITH GARLIC)

Keerai-masiyal-recipe
          One of the easiest and simplest, yet yummy and flavourful keerai masiyal recipe! (Keerai = greens, Indian spinach). This is the way both my mom and mom in law do. We do not add anything for spiciness in this. Actually my  mom adds a lots of garlic and the hotness from garlic will be enough in this. But my MIL adds only less, still it tastes great. Hot steamed rice , with ghee and keerai masiyal is mostly everyone's favourite.  Its good for kids too and almost my mom makes twice or thrice in a week when we were kids. Such healthy one, so try and see if you haven't before. I will share another recipe for keerai masiyal here in future, which has no garlic in it.
keerai-masiyal-with-garlic

 

Ingredients

Keerai 1 bunch
Garlic 3-4 cloves
Salt As needed
Sugar 2 pinches

Method

  1. Remove the root part of the keerai and look for any other plants and wash the keerai well. Drain and chop it roughly. Boil water (very less) and add sugar and chopped greens. Cook until the stems get soft and drain the water. Reserve to use it in sambar or in some other gravy u prepare. First grind peeled garlic and salt in the mixer.1-boil, grind garlic
  2. Then add the cooked, cooled keerai and grind well to make a puree consistency.2-grind greens
Serve with hot rice and ghee! Accompany with any curry and enjoy the healthy and tasty masiyal.
Keerai-masiyal
Notes
  • Adding sugar while cooking ensures to retain the green colour of the keerai.
  • I used mulai keerai, so used the stem as well. If any other keerai variety, use only the leaves.
Check out other keerai recipes here :
keerai poriyal Keerai-kootu agathi keerai thanni saru Keerai Sambar

48 Stars(comments):

Cilantro said...

I like them too and I too make it with garlic. Looks delicious!

NiVi said...

keerai masiyal is my favourite... !!! looks yummm...

Cool Kitten said...

I am assuming Keerai means "greens", right?

sangee vijay said...

fav keerai masiyal,we do it same but use to add tempering also :)
yes,adding sugar will helps to retain its green color...looks so inviting...
cute bowls n spoons...loved it :)

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Aarthi said...

Raji..Amma makes this often when i was a kid..This was my fav food once upon a time..love it a lot with plain rice..

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faseela said...

lovely with attractive color

Suja Manoj said...

Looks so attractive,creamy and flavorful.

Ramya said...

lovely green colour..thanks for the tip of adding sugar. never had this before, but im sure its healthy and tasted great with ghee. can we do this with palak as well?

Shanthi said...

FLAVOURFUL , SIMPLE AND COLOURFUL

RAKS KITCHEN said...

cool kitten, yes its greens!

Priya dharshini said...

I luv the keerai masiyal...it luks very yummy

Archana said...

Wow this is new to me. I make the boiled and garliced spinach today for lasagne need only to puree it to get this right?
Looks cool green

Chitra said...

Lovely clicks . i dont add sugar. will try next time. I make this very often for raksha :)

Elpiniki said...

This green looks so healthy!

Soumi said...

I'm not the biggest garlic fan but it does look yummy!And it's healthy too!

Hema said...

Everybody at home loves keerai whichever way I make it, keerai masiyal being the favorite, love that green color..

Happy Cook / Finla said...

Looks so good, i have never had this; jere we make something similar but then with cream and spinach.

Premalatha Aravindhan said...

Healthy recipe,we make it bit different way...love the colour u have got...delicious Masiyal...

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Love vibrant green color Raji..keerai masiyal is my favorite too and love greens in anything ....healthy :)

Puspha said...

health packed!! goes too well with fried fish

Mahi said...

Never tried keerai with garlic..this recipe is totally new to me. Very simple and looks yum! Will try it with spinach..

Anu said...

Simple and nice color. My kids love this masiyal so much.

Smitha said...

That's healthy and yummy!, good one!

Cham said...

My fav too with ghee, i use green chilli (1 or 2)+ cumin. Perfect masiyaal!

Sobha Shyam said...

very easy, healthy n colourful..yum..

Rasi said...

Looks amazing :) its simple & soo flavourful

george said...

Looks delicious!!!
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Sowmya said...

very simple n healthy masiyal...lovely presentation dear!

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Very flavorful and delicious masiyal.

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Home Cooked Oriya Food said...

very delicious... love the vibrant color too

Rekha shoban said...

simple and healthy masiyal!!

Recipe world said...

Such a simple yet yummy recipe..thanks for sharing :)

Sravs said...

Super healthy and delicious masiyal !!

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Anisha Ranjit said...

This is a great recipe... never ever made spinach like this. Will try this and we love garlic so I'm sure we'll like it with loads of garlic!

Kavitha Bhargav said...

when my paternal grandma was there, she used to churn it with dhal churner in 'kal chatti' which tastes awesome... missing those good old days

jeyashrisuresh said...

Adding garlic in keerai masiyal must be flavorful. Never tried it though.

Sudha Sabarish said...

This masiyal is very new to me and also easy to prepare.Have bookmarked.

Priya said...

Love this keerai masiyal simply with papads or pickles..yummm..

Jay said...

looks super yummy & inviting..;)
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hemalata said...

Very healthy n yummy recipe.

Sumi said...

My MIL makes it too..but she adda bit of tamarind to it. totally yummy..

Deeps @ Naughty Curry said...

have to try out ur version without chillies, looks great

Kaveri said...

A simple, healthy and comfort food for me...we make it very frequently at home

Lushgreenapple said...

Hi...your blog is really useful for me to learn Tamil cooking. Can you please guide me where I can buy Rani Samayal cookbook? Thanks!

Sushma Madhuchandra said...

doesn't the smell of raw garlic over power this mashed greens? Looks great though.

Vardhini said...

My favorite and my mom makes a masiyal with garlic too.

themustardseed said...

I love this recipe. I never thought about making it this way. I can imagine how delicious it must be with the garlic! YUM!

escribble said...

I've never heard of had keerai masiyal before -- Must try this recipe soon :)

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