Keerai Sadam Recipe in Instant Pot
Keerai Sadam is a popular South Indian one pot rice dish made with spinach (keerai), yellow moong dal, and a mix of spices.
Ingredients
For Keerai Sadam
- 1 cup Rice
- ¼ cup Split Yellow Moong Dal
- 4 cups Chopped Spinach
- 1 Onion
- 1 Tomato
- 2 Green Chilli
- 10 cloves Garlic
- Salt as needed
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 tablespoon Sambar Powder
- 3 + 1 cups Water
For tempering
- 2 tablespoon Ghee / Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- ½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 2 Red Chillies
- Asafoetida / Hing a big pinch
Instructions
- Wash rice and moong dal and soak them in water till you add them to the cooker.
- Select Saute Mode on Instant Pot. Add oil or ghee. Once hot, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, a big pinch of asafoetida, and red chillies.
- Let the mustard seeds splutter. Add onion, green chillies, garlic cloves and saute for a few minutes. Add tomatoes, turmeric powder, and sambar powder. Let them cook together for a few minutes.
- Add the chopped spinach, salt. Drain the soaked water from the rice and dal. Add the rice and dal to the Instant Pot.
- Add 3 cups of water. Close the Instant Pot with the lid. Pressure cook for 8 minutes. Release the pressure naturally.
- Open the Instant Pot, stir well, adjust the consistency by adding 1 cup of boiling hot water if required. Mix well and serve the delicious Keerai sadam with papad, pickle or your choice of side dish.
Notes
Substitute sambar powder with red chilli powder and coriander powder. You can add a teaspoon of each and adjust it according to your spice level.
You can substitute yellow moong dal with toor dal or masoor dal.
The texture of this keerai sadam is slightly mushy. You can keep the consistency to your preference.
Make this recipe in your stovetop pressure cooker by cooking for 3 to 4 whistles.
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