I have been watching this kale leaf bunch in every grocery store in USA for a long time . But my desi brain couldn't even identify it as a keerai (greens). I assumed it as a kind of cabbage:)
Never dared to take it home as hubby hates trying new greens:)
Then heard of its nutritional value from my friend Malar of Kitchen Tantra.
She has a vast knowledge about the rare greens. This leaf has a lot of vitamin K and good for women. Thanks for the info Malar. Then I started cooking it like our very native paruppu keerai (dhal and spinach).. I don't know any recipe for this. It tastes heavenly. Besides we need not depend on our Indian store spinach alone.That's amazing right:)
Ingredients:
Kale leaf - 3/4 lb
Thoor dhal - 1/4 cup
Onion - 1
Dry red chilly - 2
cumin seed - few
mustard seed - 1/2 tsp
salt - to taste
turmeric powder - a pinch
asafoetida - a pinch
olive oil - 1 tbsp
Method:
Wash the kale leaf by placing it in a big mixing bowl.
Remove the thicker vains and chop into big pieces. vegetables chopped into tiny pieces may loose their water-soluble vitamins easily.
Pressure cook thoor dhal with 1 cup water, little turmeric powder, asafoetida and mash it .
Heat olive oil in a non stick wok.
Add mustard seeds. Once they get cracked , add the chopped onion, dry red chilli and saute well.
After the onion gets semi cooked add the chopped kale leaves and stir well.
Add a cup of water and close the lid.
Let the greens cook (but not 100%). It will get cooked in 5 minutes.
Open the lid , add salt, cumin seeds and cooked dhal.
Mix well and let it come to boil.
Switch off flame.
Kale leaf curry is ready.
Serving suggestions:
Serve as side dish with steamed rice or roti / chapathi.
Makes two cups of curry.
1 cup chopped kale leaf gives 36 calories.(citation: The daily plate )
We can add the calories for the olive oil, lentil and onion to calculate the calorie consumed.
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19 comments:
Droooooooooll..Viki..I never noticed Kale leaf..I'll next time n this curry is my fav..:)
Looks delicious i make a dry curry
Looks yummy Viki..
keerai...all time favourite...lovely
Sounds new to me! I would love to have with ghee and rice!
good healhy one..i make a similar one with whatever green available at the super market..
Delicious curry with kale leaves, i too makes them with shrimps along..great job Viki!!
very much inviting post viki.
cheers.
Hi Viki,
we call it "Chou frisé" in France. It belongs to the family of cabbage . Never tried it either. Glad you've tested it in the Indian style. Thankyou, I'm going to try it too.
I tried using kale once in soup...parupu keerai with kale sounds so good Viki, looks delicious too :)
very nutritious dish. will try soon..
Simply delicious,Kale is just as nutritious as spinach,though I rarely use it myself.You got me thinking now:)
this is a new dish....drooling over the pic....will try this soon...
I am so glad that you liked the taste, buddy. No you're not wrong...it belongs to cabbage family! Yeah, I was pretty much skeptical too in the beginning...
Oi, you don't have to thank me and all for this, its my pleasure...
I don't eat Kale, but I bet this curry would work well with other greens too... How have you been girl?
Oh Malar,Is it a distant cousin of cabbage :) Love your technical explanations always dear.
thats nice to hear, a new keerai variety other than our regular spinach! Will try to find it in my grocery store next time! thanks for sharing.. :)
looks nice and yummy dear.
curry looks yumm, nice info about the leaf...
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