Keerai Kulambu

friends, this is my mom's receipe and its my favourite too. try this out.

Keerai Kulambu:
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Arai keerai - 1 bunch , clean boil it with 2 greenchilly and grind it to a paste.

if arai keerai is not available, we can do it with palak.

grind the following to a fine paste:
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fry all the ingredients in a tsp of oil

red chilly - 3
dry dhania - 1 1/2 tsp
jeera - 1/4 tsp
kadalai paruppu - 1/2 tsp
shallots - 5
coconut - 2 tblsp grated

now add the ground paste in the keerai mixture.

in a pan add 2 tsp of oil, kadukku, vadagam, curry leaves, one red chilly. let the kadukku pops up, then add the keerai and ground paste, required salt, 1/2 tumeric powder and allow it to boil, then add tamarind extract - 3 tblsp (thick) , let it boil nicely till the raw smell goes out of it.

serve with steamed rice and ghee.for keerai kulambu, arai keerai is the first, next is palak, third is molai keerai.