CHEERA KOOTU

Ingredients:

Red Spinach/Cheera (chopped) - 3 cups

Toor dal(cooked and mashed) - 1/4 cup

Salt - To taste

Tumeric powder - A pinch

Urad dal - 1 tbsp

Red Chilli - 2 no.s

Coconut(grated) - 4 tbsp

Cumin/jeera - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Raw rice - 1 tsp

Method:

Cook red spinach with salt, tumeric powder.

Meanwhile, heat a tsp oil in a pan and saute urad dal and red chilli till golden brown.

Grind coconut, jeera, urad dal, red chilli into a paste.

When red spinach is cooked, add toor dal and coconut paste. Boil the kootu and turn off heat.

Heat oil in a pan , season rice and mustard seeds. Add to kootu and serve hot with rice.