Keerai Molagootal Recipe-Keerai Kootu-Palakkad Special

May 16, 2014 by PadhuSankar 20 Comments

Molagootal is a very popular and traditional Palakkad Iyer dish. It is a very simple and flavorful dish, full of nutrients. Though I have prepared it with arai keerai, it can be prepared with spinach, mulai keerai, paruppu keearai, thandu keerai and even with vegetables like long beans, cabbage, snake gourd or even with a mix of vegetables. It is very easy to prepare and tastes delicious with hot steamed rice. Today we will learn how to make Keerai Molagootal following this easy recipe.

Keerai Molagootal

Prep Time : 10 mins

Cook Time : 20 mins
Serves: 2
Recipe Category:Side dish
Recipe Cuisine:Kerala

Ingredients needed

Arai Keerai/greens – 2 cups firmly packed
Tur dal – 1/4 cup
Turmeric powder – a pinch
Salt needed

For grinding

Oil – 1 tsp
Urad dal – 2 tsp
Red chillies – 2
Cumin seeds/jeera – 1 tsp
Grated Coconut – 1/4 cup

For the seasoning

Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Urad dal – 3/4 tsp
Red chilli – 2

Preparation

Wash greens/keerai 2-3 times, drain the water, chop it finely and keep it ready.

Heat a tsp of oil, saute urad dal and red chillies. When dal turns golden brown, turn off the heat. Once it cools, grind it with grated coconut and cumin seeds to a smooth paste.

Pressure cook tur dal with a pinch of turmeric powder for 3 whistles. Once the pressure subsides, open the cooker and mash the dal well.

Method

Cook greens/keerai uncovered with little water. Then mash it well with a ladle or potato smasher.

Now we have cooked greens, cooked dal and the coconut paste ready.

Now add the cooked dal, coconut paste and needed water to the cooked greens. Simmer and cook for 3-4 minutes.

Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal and red chillies. When dal turns golden brown, add the seasoning to the keerai.

Keerai molagootal is ready. Serve it with hot steamed rice and any thogayal.

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nandoos Kitchen
May 16, 2014 at 8:18 am

love this keerai recipe.
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marudhus kitchen
May 16, 2014 at 1:27 pm

picture perfect and nice instructions…..yummy
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Rebecca Subbiah
May 16, 2014 at 3:32 pm

looks so good I guess spinach could be used
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Saraladevi Thangadurai
May 16, 2014 at 4:12 pm

Looks yummy !
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Priya
May 16, 2014 at 7:02 pm

Hi,
I had a question on medhu vada and I tried posting it under that recipe but somehow it did not appear, so I'm trying again. I followed your recipe and the vadas came out well, but the outer layer was slightly thick. What could I be doing wrong? Thanks for your input!
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Akila Janaa
May 17, 2014 at 2:43 am

Nice description
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Santha Lakshmi
May 17, 2014 at 3:03 am

Awesome I love keerai. Thank u for ur new dish sister.
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D. Viswanathan Iyer
March 16, 2015 at 2:18 pm

This recipe's name is molagootal … But has no pepper … so plz include pepper in your list…
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Anand Murugan
January 12, 2017 at 5:56 pm

Thanks for the awesome recipes! The pictures help a lot. Thank you once again
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Sowmya Iyer
January 20, 2017 at 6:44 am

Thanks for the recipe
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Rama Subramanian
February 2, 2017 at 2:12 am

Thanks and very easy to understand for a first time cooking.
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Nithya Priya
April 28, 2017 at 3:42 pm

Tried this recipe just awesome, only variation I did was cooked keerai , dal together with chilli, onion and garlic and tomatoes then followed your recipe, just mix and match…Thanks for all your awesome recipes!!
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Suresh Jayaraman
November 8, 2017 at 7:55 pm

I followed it step by step and came out awesome. Enga amma panra Keerai maadhiri irundhadhu.
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Arthi Sriram
May 19, 2018 at 1:01 am

Big fan of all your receipies. You have no idea how many lives you touch. For people like me who live far away from home and family and who crave for Amma’s loving food, your perfect measurements and receipies are fool proof as Ammas always say “kaai alavu da” and impossible to reproduce that. ��
You are our Annadatha in many ways.
God bless you and your family!!!
Kudos to you,
Gratitude,
Arthi
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Suresh Rajan
December 5, 2018 at 8:23 am

Excellent and easy to make recipe. Thanks Padhu. God bless.
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Shri Kavi
January 17, 2019 at 4:42 am

Tried this Keerai Molagootal recipe and tasted too good..!
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Jenifer space
February 8, 2019 at 2:56 pm

dear thank you so much…i tried ts today from ur blog bt i did lil variation like i added combination of toor dal and moong dal with seru keerai AND added shallots,tomato & garlic boiled altogether and added ur coconut masala paste …omggggg its sounds so spl..my hubby loved it…tq so much for such a lovely recipe dear…
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Deepti
June 22, 2019 at 2:08 pm

I tried the recipe out. But the colour of mine is a light green and not yellow of tur dal. Have I added too much IFB keerai?
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Madhu
January 21, 2021 at 2:42 pm

Tried and tested good!
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Mathew
March 5, 2021 at 1:05 pm

Most people are commenting about pics… I made it padhu… it came out very good… thanks for sharing the recipe.
Steps were clear except the quantity of water needed to make coconut paste. As a beginner I need to get help
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