முருங்கக்கீரை பொரிச்ச குழம்பு (Drumstick leaves gravy)

Drumstick comes under spinach variety and it has lots of health benefits. In Tamilnadu most of the individual houses will have this tree and from top to bottom of the tree it has various uses. The root,stem,flowers and leaves are raw materials for many medicines.

Cleaning this leaves brings back childhood memories for me.Amma makes it a point to cook elaborate lunch every weekend.There will be keerai/vazhathandu/vazhapoo.It takes time to clean them,so me my brother used to help while watching ‘Chandrakanta’ serial 🙂 🙂 As a reward we used to get extra dose of coffee too 😀 :D.

So coming back to recipe this ‘Murungakeerai Poricha Kuzhambu’ is a very simple gravy with very minimal ingredients.The cleaning takes time but altogether it will be.

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முருங்கக்கீரை பொரிச்ச குழம்பு (Drumstick leaves gravy)

Drumstick comes under spinach variety and it has lots of health benefits. In Tamilnadu most of the individual houses will have this tree and from top to bottom of the tree it has various uses. The root,stem,flowers and leaves are raw materials for many medicines.

Course

main course

Cuisine

tamil

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings

Ingredients

• 1 bunch Drumstick leaves
• 1 cup MoongDal
• 1 tbsp Sambar Powder
• 1/2 cup coconut Grated
• 1 Green chilli
• 1/2 tsp Jeera seeds
• 1/2 tsp Black pepper
• 1/2 tsp Oil
• pinch Salt a
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric

For Tadka :

• 1 tsp Ghee
• 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp Jeera
• 2 chillies Red
• Curry leaves few
• pinch Hing a

Course main course Cuisine tamil Prep Time 20 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Servings Ingredients 1 bunch Drumstick leaves 1 cup MoongDal 1 tbsp Sambar Powder 1/2 cup coconut Grated 1 Green chilli 1/2 tsp Jeera seeds 1/2 tsp Black pepper 1/2 tsp Oil pinch Salt a 1/2 tsp Turmeric For Tadka : 1 tsp Ghee 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp Jeera 2 chillies Red Curry leaves few pinch Hing a

Instructions

1. Pressure cook moongdal upto 3 whistles and keep aside
2. Grind coconut,jeera,pepper and green chilli to a paste.
3. Clean and chop drumstick leaves finely. Wash them thoroughly.

   
4. Heat 1tsp of oil and add drumstick leaves. Saute for a minute
5. Add water, a turmeric and salt. Let the leaves get cooked for about minutes pinch of 3 4
6. Then add pressure cooked moongdal, coconut paste, sambar powder and little water. Let the whole mixture boil for about 10 minutes
7. Heat ghee in tadka pan and add all the ingredients mentioned under 'For Tadka' session

   
8. Murungakeerai poricha kuzhambu is ready to be served with steaming hot rice
9. I prepared a very simple okra fry as sidedish
10. Shall update that recipe as well 🙂