Black Night Shade Leaves Soup

      Black Night Shade Leaves Soup:

          Black Night shade means in tamil Manathakkali keerai. This soup is a light runny gravy with keerai and coconut milk, goes well with steamed rice. It can be given to both adults and children. Manathakkali leaves are the great home remedy for mouth ulcer. 

                     

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 30 mins

Serves : 3

Ingredients :

·        Rice rinsed water(kayani thani) – 2 cups

·        Blacknight shade leaves – 1 cup tightly packed

·        Small onion – 8 to 10

·        Salt as needed

·        Oil – 1 spn

For grinding :

·        Coconut – ½ cup

·        Cumin seeds – 1 spn

·        Pepper – 1 spn  or pepper powder – 1 spn

Preparation :

·        Soak the raw rice with 2 cups of water for 15 mins,rinse the raw water and collect  the water in a bowl.

·         Grind  coconut along with cumin seeds and  pepper  into a fine paste with ¼ cup of water .keep it aside.

·        Discard the stem and take out the leaves  from keerai.

Method :

·        Heat  the oil in the pan and sauté small onions for few mins.

·        Then add rice rinsed water ,spinach and salt and cover it cook for 15 mins till the bitterness of the leaves goes off.

·        Atlast add the grinded paste ,let it cook for 5 mins.check the salt.

·        Switch off the flame..Done!

Creamy soup is ready..serve with hot rice.. J