Keerai Sadam, How to make Keera rice with palak keerai
 
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Keerai Sadam or palak rice made with humble fresh palak and leftover basmati rice. No onion and garlic used to make this rice.
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Recipe type: Sadam
Cuisine: TamilNadu, Indian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • a fresh bunch of palak keerai(around ⅓ cup palak puree)
  • 1-inch ginger
  • 2 green chilies
  • 1 tsp lime juice
  • 1 cup leftover rice or cooked rice
  • 1 tsp ghee
  • salt
  • tempering
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp urad dal
  • ½ chana dal
  • 1 hand full cashews
  • 2 dry red chilies
Instructions
  1. take one cup of rice and cook it with 1 & ½ water and keep aside. If you are using leftover rice you can proceed to the recipe.
  2. clean and wash the palak and then add it to a mixie jar, add 2 green chilies, 1-inch ginger, 1 tsp lime juice and grind it to a fine puree.
  3. heat the pan and add the tempering ingredients and roast them well. now add in the ground puree and let it cook for a min.
  4. add salt and a tsp ghee, combine well.
  5. now add in the rice and mix well with palak gravy and toss it for a min in high flame.
  6. palak rice is ready to serve.
  7. very good lunch box recipe does try these kids love it. serve this with potato fry or any roast.
Notes
Use long grain Basmati rice to make this Keerai rice recipe, the fragrance will be amazing. I have used India Gate Basmati Rice to make this keerai rice.
To get Perfect green Colour Keerai rice to use the fresh palak and added to the rice immediately once ground.
After the rice is cooked, let it rest for at least 5 minutes before fluffing it with a fork. It will make sure the grains do not break while fluffing it.
Ghee adds a very delicious flavor to the rice, so do not skip it.
To make a variation of this palak rice recipe, you can add grated beetroot. It will impart a very different flavor to the rice.
Recipe by Prema's Culinary at https://premasculinary.com/2020/04/keerai-sadam-make-keerai-rice.html