Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 15 Mins | Serves: 2-3

Spinach | keerai 1 bunch (2 cups chopped) Garlic 20 cloves Onion 1 Red chili 2 Green chili 1 Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Oil 3 tsp Peanuts 1 tblsp Coconut 1 tblsp Salt as needed Sugar 1/2 tsp Method:

  • Chop the spinach finely. I used the round spinach available here in local Fair Price shops.
  • You can use arai keerai or mullai keerai ,Amaranth leaves too.
  • In a saucepan boil 3 cups of water and add sugar to this.
  • When it boils nicely add the chopped spinach to this and switch off the pan.
  • Immediately drain the water and pour cold water to this. This step will reduce the cooking further more and retain the green colour.
  • Keep it aside.
  • Chop the onions finely. Take out the skin of the garlic.
  • I used roasted peanuts, if using raw peanuts, dry roast it and keep aside.
  • In a pan add oil and add mustard seeds and red chili. Slit the green chili and also add to it.
  • Add the finely chopped onions and the whole garlic.
  • Cook till the onions become translucent.
  • Add the cooked keerai to this.
  • Add salt and mix well.
  • Cook this for 2 minutes in a low flame.
  • Coarsely grind the peanuts and add to this now. I used roasted peanuts.
  • Add the coconut to this too.
  • Mix well.
  • Switch off the flame.
  • Keerai vepdu is ready to serve.
Keerai-vepudu - 1

Method with step by step pictures:

  • Chop the spinach finely. I used the round spinach available here in local Fair Price shops.
  • You can use arai keerai or mullai keerai,Amaranth leaves too.
  • In a saucepan boil 3 cups of water and add sugar to this.
  • When it boils nicely add the chopped spinach to this and switch off the pan.
  • Immediately drain the water and pour cold water to this. This step will reduce the cooking further more and retain the green colour.
keerai vepudu 1 - 2
  • Keep it aside.
  • Chop the onions finely. Take out the skin of the garlic.
  • I used roasted peanuts, if using raw peanuts, dry roast it and keep aside. Coarsely grind this and keep aside.
Keerai Vepudu 3 - 3
  • In a pan add oil and add mustard seeds and red chili. Slit the green chili and also add to it.
  • Add the finely chopped onions and the whole garlic.
  • Cook till the onions become translucent.
keerai vepudu 2 - 4
  • Add the cooked keerai to this.
  • Add salt and mix well.
  • Cook this for 2 minutes in a low flame.
  • Coarsely grind the peanuts and add to this now. I used roasted peanuts.
  • Add the coconut to this too.
keerai vepudu 4 - 5
  • Mix well.
  • Switch off the flame.
  • Keerai vepudu is ready to serve.
Keerai- Vepudu - 6
  1. If you do not want to blanch this, cook for few more minutes after the spinach. Sprinkle water as ad when needed.
  2. Adding peanut is optional but it gives a nice crunchiness to the keerai vepdu.