Drumstick Greens Usili
- 12
- May
- 2009
Murungai Keerai Usili:
Moringa Keerai Poriyal. Murungai Keerai Masala Poriyal. Moringa ilai thoran(Tamil Nadu Style)
Moringha oleifera is the Botanical name of this tree. We call this as ‘Murungai Keerai’ in Tamil. The leaves are rich in iron and potassium. Rich source of dietary fibre. It is an aphrodisiac plus stimulant. It has good content of Vitamin A…as in folks words ‘good for eye sight’! It is also considered as nerve tonic in many places(I have no clue about it). Leaves are diuretic in nature.
This recipe goes to Sowmya’s Cooking with Greens Event!
Ingredients:
Drumstick Greens 1 large bowl
Mustard seeds 1/2 spoon
Cumin seeds 1/2 spoon
Chana dal 1/2 spoon
Urad dal 1/2 spoon
Curry leaves few
Green chilies 3 finely chopped
Dry red chilies 6
Chana dal 1 cup(soaked in water for 20 minutes)
Ginger-garlic paste 1 spoon
Fennel seeds 3 spoons
Salt(to grind with dal)
Salt for beans
Turmeric 1 pinch
Curry leaves few(to grind)
Oil 2 cups
Method:
In a blender dry grind fennel seeds, salt, dry chilies and curry leaves. Set them aside.
Wet grind chana dal bit coarsely and set aside.
In a pan, heat oil. Add mustard, cumin, curry leaves, chana and urad dal. Let them pop and splutter well.
To this add green chilies and cleaned drumstick greens. Fry well. Add salt and 1 pinch of turmeric powder. Sprinkle little water over this. Cover and cook.
When it is 3/4th done, add chana (wet-ground paste) and stir-fry. Let the dal-paste get well coated with the greens.Toss to all sides..until dal gets fried and cooked.
Run few spoons of oil now, if needed. The dal should not be wet or undercooked anymore. It should be sort of crispy and fragrant now.
Serve warm to go with plain steamed rice.
Suuuuper!!! Healthy n simple…great pic!
wow thats very innovative and delicious looking dish, lovely
Healthy Iron packed usili looks amazing Malar!
wow! very healthy and yummy Thanks malar for the recipe
Wheee….My all time fav keerai! Usili is wonderful version…..I love to eat this Keerai everyday….My husband’s fav too…
Nutritious dish. Perfect entry for the event Malar
healthy n simple recipe…
Love murungai keerai.Nice simple recipe too.
Drumstick is my fav vegetable…..love it in anyway….the dish look so very nice Malar.
A very healthy recipe
wow…murgunga keerai parrupu usli! good one Malar…it has been quite sometime since I had this keerai..I love this one
It’s been ages since I ate Moringa leaves sabzi-where in the world did you get it????
I never made keerai usili…I will try it…Glad you are getting drumstick leaves in your area..
I haven’t ate murungai keerai since years… my grandma used to fry these leaves in ghee and give them (nice moru morunnu) and we used to finish them all like that…. wonderful days…..
usili with channa dhal and keerai and rice, yummm, sounds good and well balanced
Usili with murungai keerai is new to me. But I love anything with the keerai. you are kindling my desires for the murungai ilai….yummy post.
Delicious and healthy. Nice one Malar.
what ahelthy recipe like to have with rasam rice yummy
This is a very nice rice dish.I love anything Mughlai.