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Spinach Pulikari Recipe

Spinach Pulikari Recipe with step by step pictures. Delicious dish made with spinach and coconut masala. Typical nagercoil recipe which can be served for lunch.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • Spinach – 5 cups chopped finely Amma used Arai Keerai / Amaranth Leaves / Mulaikeerai and used the stalks of them too
  • Toor Dal / Tuvaram paruppu – ½ cup
  • Salt to taste

For grinding:

  • Coconut – 1 cup
  • Shallots / Sambar Onion – 3
  • Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp
  • Chilli powder – 1 tsp or to taste
  • Turmeric powder / Manjal podi -1 tsp
  • Tamarind – 1 small lime size

For tempering:

  • Oil- 1 tblspn
  • Onion Vadam / Vadakam – 2 small piece crushed You can find in super market

Instructions

  • Start by cooking the toor dal in a pressure cooker till it gets mushy. I usually take ½ cup of toor dal along with 2 cups of water in a pressure cooker and pressure cook it for 5 whistles. Switch off the flame and let the pressure go all by itself. Dal Done.
  • Grind the ingrediants given in the list to a fine paste by adding some water. Set this aside.
  • Take spinach and spinach stalk in a kadai. Add water and cook it uncovered for 15 mins.
  • Add in cooked dal and ground masala and mixwell. Adjust the water consistency. Add salt and mix well.
  • Bring it to a boil and simmer for 10 mins.
  • Now make tempering By heating oil and frying some onion vadam in oil. Pour this over the curry and  mix well.
  • Serve this with rice.
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