drumstick leaves thoran /murungaikeeraiporiyal/stirfry
Ingredients
- Drumstick leaves/murungai keerai - 2 cups leaves alone
- Small onions chopped - 1/2 cup
- Moong dhal/pasi parrupu - 3tbsp
- Salt to taste
- oil - 2tsp
- Chilli powder - 1 tsp
- Coconut grated - 5-6 tbsp
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Instructions
- Sort out the leaves from the stem,wash them thoroughly and keep ready.
- Inbetween soak moong dhal for 20 minutes.
- Keep a kadai with oil.
- When it heats up add mustard and when it splutters add smallonions.
- Fry it till translucent add dhal to it stir for sometime.
- Then add the murungai leaves with sufficient salt and saute it for sometime.
- Then add chilli powder and stir nicely.
- Sprinkle water then and there and cook till the leaves are nicely done(don't add water at one go more water will change the colour).
- Switch off and add grated coconut mix well and serve.
Notes
If the leaves are tender then it will cook fast but when the leaves are old then it takes longer to cook.
Always select tender leaves while buying.
You can add little sugar when adding salt so that the colour is retained and enhances the taste.
But I usually don't add sugar.
Adding dhal is optional you can simply prepare without it.
Always select tender leaves while buying.
You can add little sugar when adding salt so that the colour is retained and enhances the taste.
But I usually don't add sugar.
Adding dhal is optional you can simply prepare without it.