• Akathikeerai Poriyal

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• Ingredients:

• Akathikeerai    -1cup·
• Cooked Toor Dal – 2 tbsp
• · Grated Coconut – 2 tbsp
• · Salt – to Taste
• · Sugar – a pinch

• For Masala:

• Parboiled Rice     – 1 small cup
• · GroundNut –     – 1 handfull
• · Whole Red Chilly – 6

• For Seasoning:

• · Mustard Seeds  – 1/2 tsp
• · Cumin Seeds    – 1/4 tsp
• · Urad Dal (Split) – 1 tsp
• · Hing                  – 1/2 tsp
• · Curry Leaves     – few
• · Oil                     – 1 tsp

• Preparation:

• To make the *Masala- Dry roast the ingredients and coaresely grind.

• · 1 small cup parboiled rice
• · 1 handfull groundnuts
• · 6 whole red chillies
• · salt to taste
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• Procedure:
• low


• Boil 1 glass of water in a kadhai and add the akathikeerai.




• Add the required salt and a pinch of sugar so that the leaves don’t lose
  their color.




• After the leaves are cooked, strain them out.




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• Using the same kadhai, heat some oil and add the seasoning ingredients one
  after another.




• Once they start to crackle, add the akathikeerai and the coarsely
  ground *masala.
  Keep the flame

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• Now add the tuvar dal and the grated coconut. Check for salt.
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• The akathikeerai poriyal is ready to be served!
• Eat this delicious side dish with hot rice, sambhar & garlic rassam 🙂
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