Ingredients

• 1 bunch - arai keerai/greens
• 10 - small onions
• 10 - garlic cloves
• 2 - tomatoes
• 5-6 - green chillies
• 1/2 tsp - turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp - asafoetida
• 1 tsp - mustard and urad dal
• Lemon sized tamarind (2 cups of tamarind extract)
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp - oil

How to Make Arai keerai charu

• Wash and chop the leaves. Boil the leaves in water for 5 mins.
• Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard and urad dal.
• When they stop spluttering, add the chopped onions, chillies, tomatoes, garlic and saute them well.
• Now, add the cooked leaves (boiled arai keerai) along with the tamarind extract with a pinch of turmeric powder, asafoetida and salt.
• Allow it to boil for about 10-15 mins.
• Healthy keerai charu is ready to eat.