Murungai Keerai Podi | Drumstick Leaves Powder Recipe | Startup Cooking

MURUNGAI KEERAI PODI | DRUMSTICK LEAVES POWDER RECIPE | 

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Drumstick leaves / Moringa Leaves / Murungai Keerai is a wonderful green leaf variety with lots of health benefits. There are excellent sources of iron and calcium. It helps boost the immune system and increases breast milk production.

Drumstick leaves podi is a spicy powder prepared with fresh drumstick leaves, lentils and spices mixed together gives a nice aroma, flavorful and nutrition to the body. It is an excellent podi that is often mixed with hot steamed cooked rice with a little ghee. They are generally eaten with delicious breakfast like idli and dosa.

check out my other podi recipes here:

• Basic Idli podi

• Idli milagai podi

• Spicy Idli podi

• Murungai Keerai Podi

• Ellu podi

• Kollu podi

Benefits of Drumstick leaves / Moringa

• Protecting and nourishing skin and hair
• Treating edema
• Protecting the liver
• Preventing and treating cancer
• Treating stomach complaints
• Fighting against bacterial diseases
• Making bones healthier
• Treating bones healthier
• Treating mood disorders
• Protecting the cardiovascular system
• Helping wounds to heal
• Treating diabetes
• Treating asthma
• Protecting against kidney disorders
• Reducing high blood pressure
• Improving eye health
• Treating anemia and sickle cell disease

SIDE EFFECTS of having Moringa Leaves – It may possess anti-fertility qualities and is therefore not recommended for pregnant women (refer from medical news today). Follow my step by step photo recipe to prepare Murungai Keerai podi. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

Drumstick leaves recipes

• Murungai keerai kootu

• Murungai keerai poriyal

• Ragi adai with drumstick leaves

• Drumstick leaves soup

• Murungai Keerai Podi

RECIPE FOR MURUNGAI KEERAI PODI

Coarse       : Breakfast / Lunch

 

Cuisine      : South Indian

 

Author       : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time  : 15 min

 

Cook Time : 15 min

Total Time  : 30 min

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup bengal gram dal

• 2 tbsp Urad Dal

• 1 tsp cumin seeds

• 1 tsp pepper corn

• 3 tbsp coriander seeds

• 20 red chilli

• 1 tbsp garlic – chopped

• 2 cup drumstick leaves

• 1/8 tsp hing (asafoetida)

• salt to taste

PROCEDURE

• clean the drumstick leaves from the stalk and remove the yellow leaves

• dry roast the bengal gram dal, Urad Dal, cumin seeds, pepper corn, coriander seeds and red chillies separately

• add a drop of oil in the pan, dry roast the chopped garlic until the nice aroma comes and turns light brown, then keep aside

• add 2 cups of fresh drumstick leaves and roast it on very low flame until the moisture content evaporates and the leaves turns light and crisp

• allow all the roasted ingredients to cool at room temperature

• transfer into mixer grinder along with hing and salt

• grind to a fine powder

• store in an airtight container

• drumstick leaves podi ready to serve with idli, dosa and rice

• taste delicious

NOTES

1. adjust spice level according to your taste
2. you can sun dried the drumstick leaves rather than roasting in the flame
3. store at room temperate and stays good for 2 months
4. serve with hot rice drizzled with a tsp of ghee
5. serve with idli and dosa with a tsp of sesame oil

Murungai Keerai Podi with step by step 

photo recipe

dry roast bengal gram dal

dry roast Urad Dal, pepper corn and cumin seeds

dry roast coriander seeds

dry roast red chili

roast chopped garlic in a drop of oil

dry roast the drumstick leaves on very low flame until the moisture content evaporates and the leaves turns light and crisp

allow all the roasted ingredients to cool at room temperature

transfer into mixer grinder along with hing and salt

grind to a fine powder

store in an airtight container

serve with idli, dosa and rice

Murungai Keerai Podi