Keerai Poriyal is a tasty and healthy poriyal made by sautéing spinach with onion, coconut, herbs and spices. Keerai Poriyal is simple and quick to make and could be made with varieties of spinach. Learn to make Keerai Poriyal with step by step pictures.
Keerai Poriyal is another healthy stir fry that can be done in a jiffy. Though cleaning spinach or greens takes time but worth the time and effort. Do try this simple stir fry with greens and enjoy the health benefits.
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About Keerai Poriyal
‘Keerai’ in tamil means spinach and ‘Poriyal is a term for any simple stir fried dish so Keerai Poriyal is a stir fried simple dish made with spinach. You can use any variety of spinach for this stir fry.
Spinach Stir Fry can be made with coconut or without coconut. If you are packing for lunchbox you can skip coconut so that it stays good for long hours. You can make any stir fry with this recipe. Use any vegetable of your choice, cook and make the tempering.
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Keerai Poriyal Ingredients
- Spinach – You can use any greens or spinach variety for this stir fry.
- Onion – Onion is sautéed with the tempering.
- Coconut – Grated coconut is added at the final stage.
- Tempering – A basic simple tempering is made using oil, mustard seeds, urad dal and green chili.
- Sugar – Sugar is added for a balance also it helps to retain the green color.
How to make Keerai Poriyal Step by Step
1.Clean the greens and remove the root part and wash the leaves well. Keep aside. Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, let it splutter then add urad dal sauté for a minute. Then add green chilies, onion fry till slightly browned.
2.Then add the greens with required salt. Keep in medium flame and keep stirring until the greens reduce in volume , sprinkle little water. Keep closed and allow the greens to cook.
3.The greens will let out water so be careful in sprinkling water. Add a pinch of sugar to retain the green color while getting cooked. Once the greens become soft and gets cooked add coconut and switch off. Give a quick stir and transfer to serving bowl.
Expert Tips
- Adding sugar retains the green color of the spinach while getting cooked.
- Raw coconut is of no cholesterol so I always add coconut and immediately switch it off. But if you are packing then sauté the coconut for 2 minutes then switch off to avoid getting spoiled.
Serving and Storage
Serve Keerai Poriyal with rice and sambar the best combo. It serves great with rasam also. It keeps well in fridge for 1 day.
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Keerai Poriyal Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 small bunch keerai
- 1 small sized onion
- 3 tablespoon grated coconut
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- salt to taste
To temper :
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon urad dal
- 1 green chilies
Instructions
- Clean the greens and remove the root part and wash the leaves well. Keep aside. Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, let it splutter then add urad dal saute for a minute. Then add green chilies, onion fry till slightly browned.
- Then add the greens with required salt. Keep in medium flame and keep stirring until the greens reduce in volume , sprinkle little water. Keep closed and allow the greens to cook.
- The greens will let out water so be careful in sprinkling water. Add a pinch of sugar to retain the green color while getting cooked. Once the greens become soft and gets cooked add coconut and switch off. Give a quick stir and transfer to serving bowl.
Notes
- Adding sugar retains the green color of the spinach while getting cooked.
- Raw coconut is of no cholesterol so I always add coconut and immediately switch it off.
- But if you are packing then sauté the coconut for 2 minutes then switch off to avoid getting spoiled.
divya
Mouthwatering n healthy recipe……hmmmm yummy yummy
Nalini's Kitchen
Healthy and delicious poriyal,Sharmi.. Is it murungai keerai?
Vimitha Anand
Healthy one… Simple and yum
Nisa Homey
My all time fav…perfect with hot rice YUM!
Priya
Love this simple stir fry anytime..
Hema
Poriyal looks very yummy, looks like murunga keerai, which we don't get here..
Cham
Great side dish for rasam or even sambar rice!
Suja
Healthy and yummy greens,nice recipe
Jyoti
Healthy recipe!
Sukanya Ramkumar
Healthy and simple way to eat the greens. Neat presentation.. YUM!
Srimathi
Keerai Curry is my all time fav.Nice clicks as always.
Nagalakshmi V
one of my faves because of it's simplicity!
Valarmathi Sanjeev
lovely poriyal…looks yumm.
jeyashrisuresh
simple and yummy curry. my fav too.
suhaina aji
pictures looks stunning..i always make them since we all love it very much.
Maayeka
simple ,quick and healthy..nice recipe and beautiful clicks..
Sobha Shyam
healthy and delicious stir fry..
Prathima Rao
Happy Sankranthi Sharmi!! And this is such a healthy stir fry..Bookmarked 😉
Prathima Rao
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M D
Happy Pongal Sharmi! This looks tempting!
Suma Gandlur
Looks colorful!
Suma Gandlur
Simple yet delicious one!
TheYummyMorsel
Simple and healthy.I really like it a lot bcoz mom always made this at home.
Anonymous
Hi Sharmi, Your food recipes are so good and I always follow your blog. Keep writing
sowmiya sabarinath
what keerai used
SHARMILEE J
I think I used Arai Keerai
sowmiya sabarinath
and this keerai poriyal is best combination of sambar or kara klambu