Keerai Kootu
                                        (Spicy Spinach Gravy)

Ingredients :  Spinach(1 bunch),  rasam powder(1 tsp), salt(to taste),  urad dhal(1 tsp),  cumin seeds(1/2 tsp),  asaefoetida(1 pinch), ghee(1/2 tsp), green gram(1/4 cup), rice flour(1 tsp).

Pressure cook the green gram dhal in water.
Chop the spinach into small pieces.
Put the chopped pieces in a vessel,  sprinkle some water and let it cook.(open cooking preferrably).
After the spinach is cooked,  add salt, asaefoetida, rasam powder,  cooked green gram,  and let it simmer for a few minutes.
If it is very watery,  dissolve a spoon of rice flour in a spoon of water and add to the spinach to give it a thick consistency.
Saute urad dhal and cumin seeds in ghee and add to the mixture.



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