How to Make Perfect Kerala Red Spinach Stir Fry

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How to Make Perfect Kerala Red Spinach Stir Fry Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Kerala Red Spinach Stir Fry. Cheera(red spinach) is highly nutritious and iron rich veggie. Local markets in Kerala have this veggie always and this makes a very healthy stir fry. I love to just mix this stir fry with some steamed rice, tastes delicious.

Written by Sandhya Remesh (Admin) Today i am presenting before you an healthy but easy to make recipe - Kerala Cheera Thoran.

Cheera is a Malayalam word for Red Spinach.

Leafy vegetables are very much essential food for a human life.

You can cook Kerala Red Spinach Stir Fry using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kerala Red Spinach Stir Fry

  1. You need 1 of big bunch of red spinach.

  2. It’s 5-6 of slit green chillies.

  3. Prepare 6-7 of big cloves of garlic, sliced.

  4. It’s 10-15 of pearl onions/shallots, peeled.

  5. You need 1 tsp of mustard.

  6. You need 3 tsp of coconut oil.

  7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.

  8. Prepare to taste of Salt.

It must be included in our daily diet.

Red Spinach Stir Fry (Chumappu Cheera Vevichathu/ Red Cheera Mezhukkupuratti) is a healthy and nutritious vegetarian side dish from Kerala, India.

Red Spinach contains lots of vitamin, iron, protein, fat, potassium and magnesium etc. so regular consumption of red spinach/ Chumappu Cheera helps in digestion, smooth kidney function, anaemia, strengthens hair roots; improves your eye sight etc.

Red spinach stir fry is ready to serve.

Kerala Red Spinach Stir Fry instructions

  1. Heat oil in a kadhai. Add mustard seeds..

  2. When the mustard seeds pop, add green chillies, garlic and shallots..

  3. Fry for a few seconds till the garlic starts changing colour..

  4. Add washed, cleaned and cut spinach leaves..

  5. Add salt and turmeric powder..

  6. Mix well and keep stirring till the spinach leaves shrinks in size and starts leaving water. Close and cook on low flame till done..

  7. Do not add water while cooking as the spinach will take water during the cook..

  8. Once done, mix everything well and garnish with grated coconut if you prefer..

  9. Enjoy this Kerala style Cheera Thoran with hot steaming rice and sambar/dal.🔥🍚😋.

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Add the coconut masala into the center and cover it with spinach leaves.

Pat down the mixture tightly using the back of a spoon.

Add the chopped spinach and mix everything and reduce the fire to medium, keep covered for a minute to wilt the.