Manathakkali Keerai – has lot of vitamins in it. It is good for mouth & stomach ulcers.
Ingredients:
Medium sized bunch of manatha thakkali keerai
10 small onions chopped
1 tomato chopped
2 green chillies
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp oil
2 tbsp grated coconut
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
Method:
Wash the keerai and drain the water.Grind the grated coconut with fenugreek seeds in mixie into a fine paste by adding enough water.Heat the oil in a kadai,add the cumin seeds.Once it cracks, add the small onion ,tomato and green chilli,fry them for a while.Add the keerai ,salt,coconut paste,a cup of water at this stage and cook it for 5 mins.Once the keerai cooked very soft,transfer it into a serving bowl.The saru is almost watery like rasam,but very tasty.We can have it with hot rice.
Manaththakkaali keerai-yaa? hmm..athellaam paarththu romba naal aachunga prema!
this curry looks too gud! yummm! 😛 😛
wow prema this saru looks so beautiful …i never tried this…its totally new to me…
Dear Prema, interesting version to cook the greens, could u pls mention the amount of fenugreek seeds, I guess that got skipped out.take care.
Dear Prema,
This Manathakkali keerai saru looks very colorful and delicious.Can you tell the english name for it please.
Prema,
I am hosting wholegrains:barley event.Would love to see your delicious entries for this event.
Thanks pari just now i added it…
Thanks kiran for ur valuable comments and iam sure will send my entry to ur event.I think the english name of the manathakkali keerai is blacknight shade.Will chk if any other also will let u know.
Manthakkali keari thanni saru looks really good. I like manathakkali vathal.
looks so good..
my mom used to make kootu out of this keerai,whith freshly picked keerai from our garden.
this sounds yummy. healthy too
My version is bit different from urs, thanni saaru looks yumm and very healthy..
This is so new to me n looks delicious..nice pic
This is a completely new vegetable and dish for me. Grateful if you could let me have an English name for it. Also any website links about it as I am very interested.
Mina
Looks so good, i love these keerai Prema, but couldn’t get here.
This is a very new recipe to me…looks interesting!
new to me.. pic looks nice 🙂
Thanks mina for ur comments and this is site which gives u some benefits of the manathakkali keerai and for ur convinent i attached picture of the keerai also now pls refer,
http://www.ammas.com/topics/Nutrition/a94710.html
hi uma,
Here also very difficult to find this keerai and after a long struggle i brought this keerai…Thanks for ur comments dear.
that looks so delicious..
மிகவும் வித்தியசமான சத்தான குறிப்பு….
சத்தான குறிப்பு,என்னுடைய செய்முறையிலிருந்து உங்களுடையது வித்தியாசமா இருக்கு…
this keerai name is new to me.. i think we can’t find it here..do u know thespecific name of this keerai in english then i can search fo that na..
i used to add the dal also for the keerai curry..nice one prema
Healthy and delicious dish. I love it..But I think we don’t get it here 🙁
This keerai saaru is new to me…looks tempting!!
Love this manathakkali keerai very much. saaru is new to me…but sounds delcious with all that ingredients. Thanks for this recipe….its a keeper.
healthy thanni saaru. great
I heard that its a very healthy veggie. Looks nice and a nice name for the dish too. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Healthy saaru Prema. Looks tempting.
Oh man, its so hard to think and long’ for those native greens here:( Miss manathakkali keerai:( This recipe looks so nice…perfect way to relish the greens:)
Nice recipe Prema…but i am still unable to figure out what exactly is black night shade.
Hey nice one….i love to make green curry a lot….and ur version is very good and perfect…
wow. such a healthy and yummy looking dish. where did u get this keerai from. do we get in mustafa?looks good.
thanks suhaina, i brought this keerai in little india vegetable shop…