Kale palya/Kale poriyal/Kale thoran/Kale vepudu
Sauteed kale with Indian seasonings. Great with rice and roti/chapathi
Equipment
- I use standard measuring cups and spoons to measure ingredients in my recipes.
Ingredients
- 6 cups finely chopped kale loosely packed (1 bunch)
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 4-5 cloves of garlic, chopped or crushed optional
- 1 cup chopped tomatoes
- 1 cup scrambled firm tofu, optional scrambled and sauteed separately first, to remove excess water.
- ¼ cup fresh/frozen grated coconut optional but adds to the flavour.
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder adjust to suit your taste
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- ¼ cup water if needed
- ¾ tsp salt or to taste
For tadka/oggarane/hot oil tempering
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1½ tsp split black gram urad dal, uddina bele
- 1½ tsp split chickpeas chana dal, kadle bele
- ½ tsp cumin seeds jeera,jeerige
- 1 dry red chilli broken
Instructions
- Heat two teaspoons oil in a heavy bottomed pan.
- Add in the mustard seeds.
- When mustard splutters, go in with the other ingredients under tadka/oggarane/hot oil tempering
- When the split black gram/urad dal turns golden, add the chopped onions and garlic.
- Saute onions until translucent.
- Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and saute for 30 seconds. Keep the heat at medium and take care not to burn the spice powders.
- Add finely chopped Kale and stir.
- Add salt.
- Cover and cook until Kale is wilted. Stir in between. Add water if needed. Kale will release some water, so add water as needed.
- Add chopped tomatoes.
- Add scrambled tofu if using. NOTE : I like to saute tofu separately to remove excess water before adding it into the palya.
- Add grated fresh coconut, if using.
- Mix everything together. Cover and cook for 1-2 minutes until tomatoes are soft.
- Serve with rice or rotis.
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Notes
You can skip the lentils in the tempering but they do provide a nice flavour and texture.
I like to saute tofu separately to remove excess water before adding it into the palya.
Fresh coconut can go bad if not cooked for a minute, so make sure to add it along with the tomatoes and cover and cook for 1-2 minutes.