Murungai keerai poriyal | Drumstick leaves stirfry
Murungai keerai poriyal or drumstick leaves stir fry is a healthy recipe prepared with fresh drumstick leaves, onions, red chillies and grated coconut.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- Murungai (drumstick leaves)
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard
- ½ tsp cumin
- 1 tsp gram dal
- ½ tsp urad dal
- 1 onion
- 4 garlic
- 5 red chillies
- ¾ tsp salt (as per taste)
- ½ cup water
- 2 tbsp coconut
Instructions
Preparation:
- Wash the drumstick leaves and make sure there are no big branches left out.
- Chop onions and peel garlic pods, keep aside.
- Grate coconut and keep ready.
Recipe:
- Heat oil in a large pan one which can withhold a large bunch of leaves.
- Add mustard and cumin seeds. Let them crackle and add gram dal and urad dal.
- Fry the lentils to golden crisp stage and add chopped onions.
- Add crushed garlic pods and red chillies.
- Saute onions for few minutes until they become soft.
- Put some salt, mix well and add murungai keerai (drumstick leaves) and mix.
- Sprinkle some quarter cup of water, cover and cook on medium heat.
- Due to the thick fibrous strands and high iron content, drumstick leaves usually take more time than any other green leaves.
- One medium bunch leaves can take up to eight to ten minutes to get completely cooked in medium heat.
- By this time, water is fully absorbed and leaves become dark green in color.
- Check the doneness by pressing the leaves with fingers and if needed sprinkle some more water and keep cooking.
- Finally, add grated coconut, mix with the poriyal and switch off.
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Notes
Tips:
1) Always cook moringa leaves thoroughly as uncooked leaves may create some indigestion with few people.
2) Addition of coconut gives a wonderful finish to the poriyal.
1) Always cook moringa leaves thoroughly as uncooked leaves may create some indigestion with few people.
2) Addition of coconut gives a wonderful finish to the poriyal.
Nutrition
Calories: 240kcal
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