Collard Greens Poricha Kootu

Ingredients:

• Collard Greens – 4 leaves, chopped along with stems into big pieces
• Moong dal – ½ cup
• Green tomatoes or red tomatoes or a combination of both – 2, chopped into big pieces
• Grated coconut – 2 tbsp
• Green chillies – 2
• Cumin seeds – 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
• Curry leaves – few
• Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
• Oil – 1 tsp
• Salt

Method:

1. In a pressure cooker, cook moong dal, collard greens, tomatoes (green and/or red), green chillies, cumin seeds and turmeric powder with 3 cups of water, for 3 whistles. Once the pressure subsides, remove the cooker lid, and let it cool a bit. Add coconut and salt to the cooked dal. Using a hand blender, lightly blend dal, till the greens and tomatoes are chopped into smaller pieces.
2. In a seasoning pan, heat oil, splutter mustard seeds and toast curry leaves. Add to the dal. Serve hot with any spicy sautéed vegetable and rice lightly drizzled with sesame oil.

Source:

Recipe from tastypalettes.com

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