Drumstick leaves poriyal/ murungai keerai poriyal

     Murungai keerai/ drumstick leaves has lots of iron, calcium and vitamin c in it and this one is the authentic receipe that I learnt from my grandmother.  This leafy is called queen of all greens. It has rich in beta carotene among all the vegetables and green leafy. If you include drumstick leaves in your diet once in your week, then you will protect yourself from many diseases. I have a drumstick tree in my house backside, so I'll make this dish once in a week. For the first time, my kids didn't like this, after that I told them about many health benefits of drumstick leaves. And now they ask for more green leafy and servings. 

                  

   For that I used some special tricks in making drumstick leaves. That is I have used to add half cooked Toor dal in the final stage. Adding Toor dal improves the taste of the drumstick leaves. Now let us learn about how to make murungai keerai/drumstick leaves with step by step photos and instructions. 

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Preparation time:10 minutes 
Cooking time:10 minutes 
Serves: 3

Ingredients :

1. Murungai keerai/drumstick leaves - 2 cups
2. Mustard - 1tsp 
3. Urad dal - 1 tsp 
4. Red chilli - 3 
5. Shallots- 10 (finely chopped) 
6. Salt- as needed 
7. Toor dal- small amount 

Method:

Step 1: First half cook the Toor dal and set aside. 

Step 2: Take a pan, heat 3 tsp of oil, add Mustard, Urad dal, red chilli, chopped shallots. Saute well until it turns golden. 

Step 3: Add the wash and cleaned drumstick leaves and stir fry for 2 minutes. 

Step 4: Take a small amount of water in a bowl, add required salt in it and dissolved it. 

Step 5: Now sprinkle the salted water little by little in the fried drumstick leaves. Sprinkle continuously till the leaves fully cooked. 

Step 6: Add the cooked Toor dal and stir fry for few seconds. Switch off the stove and serve hot with sambar rice or curd rice. 

Note: No need to add salt directly in the fried leaves for this receipe. 

Pictorial:

Half cook the Toor dal and set aside. 

Chop the shallots and broke the red chilli into small pieces. 

Dissolve the salt in small amount of water. 

Take a pan, heat 3 tsp of oil, add Mustard, Urad dal. Let it splutter. 

Add red chilli and chopped shallots. Fry until golden. 

Now add the washed drumstick leaves and Saute well. 

At this stage, sprinkle  the salted water little by little. And fry well. 

Finally add the cooked Toor dal and fry for few seconds. 

Now the drumstick leaves poriyal is ready to serve.