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Keerai Molagootal recipe | Palakkad recipes Keerai Molagootal is a traditional Palakkad recipe, which I wanted to post here for a very long time. Many readers asked me to post this molagootal recipe and even I have seen readers searching for Keerai molagootal jeyashri’s kitchen. This is nothing but a poricha kootu made with keerai. Though the name has molagu in this, we don’t have molagu | pepper in this recipe. This kootu is a simple yet healthy South Indian gravy made with spinach and served with hot rice. Try out this palakkad speical keerai molagootal at home.  Check out my Vazhaipoo kootu , Mambazha pulissery .

 Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Serves: 3-4

   Keerai | spinach  1 bunch    Toor dal or moong dal  1/3 cup    Turmeric powder  1/4 tsp    Urad dal  1 tblsp    Red chili  2    Coconut  1/4 cup    Cumin seeds| jeera  1/2 tsp    Mustard seeds  1/4 tsp    Coconut oil  1 tsp Cooking oil  1 tsp    Salt  as needed   Â

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Method:

  • Wash the spinach and chop them finely. Cook the dal with turmeric powder, in the pressure cooker till 4-5 whistles.
  • In a pan add the cooking oil and add the urad dal and red chili. Roast till the dal turns golden brown and keep it aside.
  • Add spinach to the bowl and add 1/2 cup of water.
  • Add salt.
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  • Grind the roasted dal, red chili, cumin seeds and coconut into a fine paste. Add water while grinding to make it into a smooth paste.
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  • Once the spinach gets cooked, generally it gets cooked very fast 5-7 mins, add the cooked dal to this.
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  • Mix well and add in the ground paste. Add little water to get the desired consistency.
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  • In a small pan add coconut oil and add in the mustard seeds and when it splutters add it to the cooked keerai.
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  • Boil this for 2 minutes and switch off the flame. Keerai molagootal is ready .
  • Serve this with hot rice along with some spicy curry like potato curry | ladies finger stir fry or brinjal curry.
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  • You can use arai keerai or molakeerai or even palak keerai  for this recipe. My amma makes keerai kootu with manathakkali keerai too.
  • Do not add the dal more than the quantity mentioned. Else the kootu will have dominating taste of dal.
  • Tempering in coconut enhances the taste of the molagootal, if you do not like the smell use normal cooking oil.