Monday 15 November 2010

Maatavaadi Palya

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Last few days were not very healthy for me, was not keeping well and my spirits were generally low. I did not feel like reading blogs as my eyes would hurt on trying that. The only thing I opened was my mails and my blog to moderate comments and then shut down my laptop. I would order out food for everyone and generally spend time taking rest and teaching the younger one Mathematics  and Science as he has to appear for his National Olympiads. But prior to falling sick I had bought my first batch of fenugreek greens of this winter and I was surely looking forward to cooking it. I had sorted and washed the leaves then dried and stored in the refrigerator to use them. As I did not cook for a few days so the day I started cooking I wanted to use the leaves before they got spoilt.

This particular version of fenugreek is a big hit in my family and is S’s favorite. We normally eat this with soft rice and saaru/rasam as a combination. It is quick to make, extremely tasty and takes no time to get over. It is a dry curry and should be  cooked with more oil else it tastes very dry. Oil provides it the softness that it can be mixed with plain rice and be eaten.

Ingredients

3 cups of finely chopped fenugreek leaves

5-6 green chilies finely chopped

1 tbsp of urad-chana dal mix

1 tsp mustard seeds

3-4 tbsp oil

5-6 tbsp of gram flour/ besan

salt to taste

Method

Heat oil and mustard followed by urad-chana dal mix.

Once the dals turn golden brown in color add the green chilies and saute for a few seconds.

Add the chopped greens and salt to taste, mix.

Cover and cook till half done. Sprinkle the gram flour and mix completely.

Cover and cook on low flame till cooked completely.

This tastes good either way hot or cold.

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34 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey Pari,

Dish is new to me but looks tempting...:0

Dr.Sameena@

http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com

Hari Chandana P said...

Simple and healthy palya.. looks gr8 !!

Nandita SS said...

Hi Pari,

My paternal grandmother used to make this curry out of cluster beans. You've made me nostalgic. This version looks awesome. Will try this sometime :)

chef and her kitchen said...

Lovely palya...I love the flavor of methi and especially green's palya with rice is my favorite...

Suji said...

This is yummy Pari, i only had methi leaves pickle. need to figure out whether its available in this part of the world!!!

Sarah Naveen said...

oh wow!!! looks so delicious..perfect with rice :)

ann low said...

Hope you are fully recovered now and this is new to me. Hope can try some :)

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

very new dish using greens. Take care of ur health

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Hi Pari

Palya looks delicious. Hope you have recovered completely. I am regularly following you.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Kurinji said...

Looks delicious n healthy...

Nivedita Thadani said...

Very healthy and tasty greens.
and
how are you feeling now, even I was not well the last week and could not sit in front the system.

Torviewtoronto said...

healthy delicious looks yummy

Unknown said...

Delish and healthy Pari...good one!

Pushpa said...

Looks super healthy and delicious,love greens any day.

R said...

hope u r ok now. the fenugreek veg looks goos and healthy. good luc to ur little one for the national olympiad for math and science.

Priya Suresh said...

Very healthy palya..thanks for sharing..

Take care of ur health..

Suja Manoj said...

Healthy and delicious rice..so yum

AJ said...

Looks delicious!! Hope you are feeling better.

Madhavi said...

Take care dear. And this dry curry looks good!!

Unknown said...

Very very new recipe and sounds mouth watering.

Pappu said...

nutritious greens. lovely:)

Tahemeem said...

Hope u are fully recovered... Take rest dear.. dont worry about the vegetables... :)
This version of methi looks so great :)

Lorraine said...

I hope you are feeling better.

This dish looks healthy and delicious:)

Gayathri Kumar said...

Palya looks colourful and delicious..

Pavani said...

simple n healthy fry looks yummy..

Kanchan said...

Peeth perun methi chi bhaji ... love this version..

chaitrali pathak said...

it looks so healthy and colourful

Nandinis food said...

It's a very healthy side dish! Tastes great!

aipi said...

I love methi and this looks a must try..lovely recipe!
Take care n get well soon Pari!


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NIDHYA said...

Sounds very healthy and new..looks delicious.

Aaha Oho

Home Cooked Oriya Food said...

looks yum!

Katy ~ said...

My dear, I hope you well. Your recipe looks delicious to me. I would love to try it.

I so enjoy coming here and learning about your style of cooking. Everything always looks tempting to me, even though our styles of cooking and the ingredients we use are so different.

Thank you for sharing your recipes so that we may all learn from you. HUGS

Hayley said...

lovely and healthy sabji..drooling :)...hope u r ok..

indianspicemagic said...

Very healthy palya

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