Description
Water Spinach is one of variety of spinach..with plenty of vitamin A n C..can find it out in chinese n vietnam stores…Its used very much in chinese cuisines..its a regular side dish for SouthEast Asians with their bowl of rice..| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Water spinach(chopped) |
| ½ cup | Coconut(grated) |
| 5 clove | Garlic |
| 4 nos | Red chillies |
| 1 no | Onion ( chopped) |
| ½ tsp | Mustard seeds |
| ½ tsp | Split ulundu |
| Water (for sprinkling) | |
| Salt (as per taste) | |
| 3 nos | Curry leaves |
Instructions
Heat oil in a pan n spultter the mustard n ulundu dal..add red chillies..fry it
add onion and stir it well..when its transparent add garlic..stir for 2 minutes
Add the chopped water spinach with onion n garlic n add salt…turn it continously..dont add much water..just sprinkle some water n cook for 10 minutes in sim..add grated coconut n put off the stove..it will be slightly crunchy.
Shouldnt cook for a long..certain veggies need to cook for a long but this water spinach need just a short period to cook..else it will lose vitamins,as it contains sufficient amount of vitamin A n C.
Source
Mine
Comments
5 responses to “Water Spinach Poriyal”
its so good for health… i remember thatha feeding us kangkung keerai….
in tamil also its kangkung i guess… coz i know there is a keerai called kangkung….
OH thanks Manoo…i dunno exactly in Tamil…
Arthi
dear mam,
Is water spinach is the actual name for this Spinach.Bcoz i am going to a chinese store 2morrow.
I am going to buy & try this tomorrow.
I always think how to cook these chinese greens.. nalla velaya indha recipe koduthenga…
Hi Arthi…its malay name is Kangkung.. i know only in french…sorry hope this will help u..ty