Spinach Pepper Palya / Black Nightshade Palya (Manathakkali Keerai)

Ingredients

Spinach – 1 packet / 2 bundles or Black Nightshade palya

Black pepper corns – 2 teaspoon

Red chillies – 2 Nos.

Idli rice – 2 teaspoon

Big onion – 1 Nos.

Tomato – 1 Nos.

Salt – to taste

Tempering

Mustard – 1 teaspoon

Oil – 1 teaspoon

Method

a) Fry red chillies, pepper & idli rice without oil until the rice starts to splutter.

b) Coarse grind the fried items to powder form.

c) In a pan (on medium flame), add oil & mustard.

d) As the mustard splits, add onion (cut length wise), tomato & cut spinach.

e) Leave this on flame, until the spinach is cooked along with onion & tomato.

f) This is a dry recipe – no water content should be present at the end of this recipe.

g) Add salt & ground mixture to the cooked spinach.

h) Leave this on flame for 2 mins.