Lunch menu for Sunday..!
There is no sweet on the plate..
I do have store bought but I forgot.!
Going to the platter items:
1.Rice
2.Tomato sambar (from yesterday’s platter 🤭)
3.Keerai malli kootu (spinach & coriander leaves Gravy)
4. Purple cabbage curry
5. Thayir sadham avakai oorugai (curd rice with mango pickle)
6. Mor (buttermilk)
7. Applam
KEERAI & KOTHAMALLI KOOTU:
1. Chop onions, tomatoes and 3 big garlic pods.
2. Chop spinach roughly. Then in a blender add 2tbsp of grated coconut, 1/4 bunch of coriander leaves, 1tsp of cumins, 2 green chilies, 1/4 tsp pepper and make it into a smooth paste.
3. In a pan add 2 tsp of ghee/coconut oil/olive oil/ sunflower oil. And then add the onion, garlic and tomato and sauté them for 3 mins.
4. Add the chopped spinach and to it add 1/4 tsp of turmeric and 1/4 tsp of asafetida and rock salt. Add 1/2 cup of water and allow them to cook for 5 mins.
5. Add the grounded paste and then continue cooking for 4 to 5 mins.
6. Add 1 tbsp of rice flour to make paste and then add it to keerai to thicken it.
7. In a tempering pan add 2 tsp of ghee and 1tsp of oil and to it add 3/4th tsp of mustard, 1tsp of urud dal, 1tsp cumin and 1tsp white sesame seeds. Temper and garnish on the kootu.
Serve hot with rice, dosa and even with upma.
The Homemade cooking 