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    Murungai Keerai Poriyal Recipe | Drumstick Leaves Stir Fry | StirFry recipes

    Published: Apr 25, 2015 * Modified: Jan 21, 2020 by Kalyani * Leave a Comment

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    Drumstick Leaves Stir Fry

    Murungai Keerai (Moringa leaves in English) has lot of health benefits. It is the main source of iron and act as a blood purifier. Best for pregnant ladies and nursing moms.It is also Good to cure constipation and reduce body heat. So it is apt for the summer!!!

    I like this greens not only for the health factor and for the unique taste as well. In childhood we used to have drumstick and drumstick leaves often as the drumstick tree was there near our house. But after moving to chennai, we couldn't find this healthy leaves much in vegetable shops near our area. We had to request our veggie seller to get this leaves for its goodness and he makes sure that it's available at least once a week. We consume this leaves as this stir-fry,soup,drumstick leaves sambar or murungai Keerai poricha kuzhambu.

     Murungai Keerai Poriyal Recipe
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    Murungai Keerai Poriyal Recipe | Drumstick Leaves Stir Fry | StirFry recipes

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    Easy and Healthy Stir-fry with Drumstick leaves
    Course Stir fry
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 20 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time 35 minutes minutes
    Calories
    Author Kalyani

    Ingredients

    • Murungai Keerai - 2 cups tightly packed
    • Onion - 1 big sized
    • Grated coconut - 3 tbsp
    • Sugar - a pinch optional
    • Salt  - to taste

    To Temper

    • Seasame Oil - 2 tsp
    • Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
    • Urad dal  - 1 tsp
    • Red chillies - 2

    Instructions

    Preparation

    • Remove the drumstick leaves from the stalk and wash the greens twice.Keep  aside.Chop the onion finely and make it ready.

    Method

    • Heat a pan with oil and add the items to temper. Once mustard cracks and urad dal turns brown, add red chillies and fry for a minute. Now add the onions and sauté till it becomes transparent.
    • Then add the drumstick leaves along with sugar & salt. Fry the drumstick in low flame until it shrinks in volume & gets cooked. This may take 5 to 7 minutes. No need to add water as the greens will leave out water.
    • After the drumstick leaves got cooked, add coconut and mix well for 2 minutes. Once everything comes together, switch off the flame.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 2g
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    Preparation :
    1. Remove the drumstick leaves from the stalk and wash the greens twice.Keep  aside.Chop the onion finely and make it ready.

    Procedure :

    1. Heat a pan with oil and add the items to temper. Once mustard cracks and urad dal turns brown, add red chillies and fry for a minute. Now add the onions and saute till it becomes transparent.
    2. Then add the drumstick leaves along with sugar & salt. Fry the drumstick in low flame until it shrinks in volume & gets cooked. This may take 5 to 7 minutes. No need to add water as the greens will leave out water.
    3. After the drumstick leaves got cooked, add coconut and mix well for 2 minutes. Once everything comes together, switch off the flame.
    The healthy drumstick leaves stir-fry is ready! Serve with hot steamed rice & any Kuzhambu of your choice. We had it with mor kuzhambu.
    Murungai Keerai Poriyal Recipe | Drumstick Leaves Stir Fry
     
    Notes :
    1. Sugar is optional and it is added to retain the green color.
    2. Cleaning the greens is very important to get rid of mud and make sure that there are no stalks as more stalks is not good for the stomach.

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