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Keerai Sadam-Keerai Rice Recipe

August 19, 2016 by PadhuSankar 18 Comments

Keerai Rice/sadam can be made with arai keerai or siru keerai. Except for cleaning the greens, this recipe is a breeze to make. Instead of always making keerai masiyal, keerai poriyal or keerai kootu, you can try this for a change. Even fussy kids who refuse to eat greens will love this keerai rice. Today we will learn how to make keerai sadam following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.
Keerai Sadam-Keerai rice

Keerai Sadam-Keerai Rice


Keerai Sadam-Keerai Rice

 Prep Time : 15 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins (excluding cooking rice)
 Serves: 2
 Recipe Category: Lunch-Rice
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Arai Keerai or Siru Keerai – 2 1/2 cups firmly packed (leaves alone)
   Rice – 3 cups cooked
   Onion – 1 (thinly sliced)
   Roasted peanuts or cashew nuts -2 tbsp
   Salt needed
   Ghee/clarified butter – 2 tsp

   For the masala powder

   Coriander seeds/dhaniya – 1 1/2 tsp
   Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
   Bengal gram/chana dal/kadalai paruppu – 1 tsp
   Red Chillies – 3

   For the seasoning

   Oil – 2 1/2 tbsp
   Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
   Urad dal – 1 tsp
   Bengal gram – 1/2 tsp
   Hing – a pinch

Preparation


Wash and clean the keerai. Use the leaves alone, discard the rest. You can use siru keerai or arai keerai. Chop the leaves roughly and keep it aside.

Heat 2 tsp of ghee and saute cashew nuts until golden brown. Keep it aside.

preparations for keerai rice

Heat 1/4 tsp of oil, add coriander seeds, bengal gram, urad dal and red chillies. Saute on medium heat until dal turns golden brown.

Once it cools, powder it and keep it aside. This is the masala powder we are going to use.

making masala podi

Method 


Heat oil in a pan/kadai, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal, bengal gram, hing and saute until dal turns golden brown.

Add thinly sliced onions and saute until it turns transparent. Add a little salt to hasten (quicken) the process.

sauteing onions

Add the washed and chopped greens and saute until it wilts slightly.

Then add 2 tbsp of the prepared masala, salt needed and cook for a few more minutes.

keerai rice recipe

Add the cooked rice and the cashew nuts or roasted peanuts along with the ghee.

siru keerai sadam

Mix well so that the rice is well coated with the masala. Turn off the heat and enjoy it hot with raita, papads or any vegetable curry.

Note – You can use any rice for this recipe. To make it more nutritious, use brown rice.

Keerai sadam recipe

I made keerai sadam, beetroot channa curry, arbi tomato curry and masala chaas for lunch.

South Indian lunch

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Comments

  1. KRIYA

    August 19, 2016 at 3:11 pm

    Wonderful way to make kids eat Greens

    Reply
  2. R

    August 19, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    Very delicious. I love the cashews you added in there.

    Reply
  3. anu

    September 7, 2016 at 4:23 am

    I tried this and it came out delicious. Thanks Padhu. Can you pls post the recipe for arbi tomato curry? If looks yummy 🙂

    Reply
  4. kirthika G

    September 21, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    Nice and tasty rice. I likes ur way of presentation

    Reply
  5. Sandhya Karthick

    October 14, 2016 at 9:31 am

    Tried it today, it's tastes really yummy, thanks the wonderful recipe.
    Most of ur recipes are simple with regular ingredient so like it ����������������

    Reply
  6. BLUE DRAGON

    December 25, 2016 at 3:55 am

    Hi Padhu,
    Can we use murungai keerai instead of siru keerai for this recipe?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      December 25, 2016 at 7:13 am

      Yes, you can but that will be totally different in taste.

      Reply
  7. Lakshmidevi

    May 29, 2017 at 9:50 am

    I followed the same procedure, but the leaves were not softly cooked. Should we sprinkle water while cooking them?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      June 1, 2017 at 6:52 am

      A generous amount of oil should be added. If needed, you can sprinkle very less water.

      Reply
  8. ranjith kumar

    September 26, 2017 at 8:11 am

    In general 1 cup exactly what is the measurement

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 27, 2017 at 7:36 am

      Check my Standard measuring cups and spoons for detailed post on that.

      Reply
  9. Aparna Sairamesh

    April 3, 2018 at 4:40 pm

    Can we use Palak/spinach leaves for this?!

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      April 4, 2018 at 8:10 am

      Siru keerai rice is very tasty. With Palak, you can make palak khichdi which is very delicious.(recipe is already there- just use the search box to search palak khichdi).

      Reply
  10. Crazilin :P

    January 13, 2019 at 4:08 pm

    Can we use manathakkali keerai instead of siru r arai keetai

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      January 15, 2019 at 4:41 am

      You can use but will not taste as good as kiru keerai.

      Reply
  11. Sarulatha Arunkumar

    January 24, 2019 at 4:02 am

    Hello,
    I tried today for my kid s lunch box. It was really tasty. Thank you so much. keep going.

    Reply
  12. Manju

    December 16, 2021 at 10:34 pm

    Can we make it as one pot meal with little toor dal in that?

    Reply
    • PadhuSankar

      December 18, 2021 at 9:15 am

      Yes, like khichdi you can make.

      Reply

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