Cheera thoran or Keerai Poriyal is a very simple and nutritious recipe, perfect for a weeknight if you are looking for a side-dish for your dal chawal, or sambar rice, or even curd rice. I love spinach and considering the abundance of spinach and most other greens in Singapore, this is a real treat for us!
Cheera Thoran Recipe (Keerai Poriyal)
Serves 2 to 4
Ingredients:
5 cups tightly packed chopped spinach leaves (a bunch)
1 cup grated coconut
4 shallots (or half of an onion)
2-4 green chillies
A pinch of turmeric powder
1/2 tsp jeera
2 tsp oil (I always use coconut oil for thoran)
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
A few curry leaves (optional)
1 dry red chilly, torn into half
Salt to taste
How I Made It:
1. Clean and chop the spinach fine. Drain well and set aside.
2. Grind together – coconut, shallots, green chillies, jeera and turmeric. If you don’t have a mixie, use a pestle and mortar to bring these ingredients together. If you don’t have that, then just finely chop the shallots and green chillies and mix well with the rest.
3. Heat the oil in a pan and thrown in the mustard seeds. When they pop, add the curry leaves and the halved red chilly. Fry for 10 seconds and add the coconut mixture. Fry that for 30 seconds and add the chopped spinach with some salt.
4. The spinach will give out water so cook well until all the water evaporates and you have a dry dish (about 5-7 mins)
Serve keerai poriyal with rice and dal, rice and sambar or rice and moru curry.
I've already reviewed this recipe, but it's become such a favourite of mine that I had to..
I will have to try portrait mode pictures 🙂
This is very new recipe, Sounds fab! Great Click Nags! 😀
I am loving this dish. I could make this with the amaranth too. But without the coconut oil 🙂
my family's favorite thoran..i add some urad dal at the time of tempering to give it an xtra crunch!also if you mix it with rice,its spinach rice..btw…is that thoran resting on your couch? ;)..good click!
wonderful thoran nags..1st time to your fabulous space… do visit my site at your convenience…following you..
Yes, that's my couch 🙂
Nice thoran with nice clicks dear…keep rocking..
hi nags…
Lovely thoran .. quite ideal to go with a daily meal .. rice…
Been here a couple of times…
following u from now on 🙂
Do sneak a peek at my space when time permits.
Cheers
Sandhya
(http://www.sandhyas-kitchen.blogspot.com)
hi nags, healthy and delicious thoran….nice click too. im following u da.