Showing posts with label Drumstick Leaves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drumstick Leaves. Show all posts

January 24, 2015

Drumstick Leaves and Little Millet Soup | Little Millet Recipes

    This soup is different from others through the usage of millets for thickness and consistency instead of corn flour in regular soups. This is the good remedy for cough and cold in winter season.






Ingredients:
Drumstick Leaves
 Handful
Little Millet / Saamai
2 tbsp
Split Green Gram / Yellow Moong dal
1 tbsp
Small Onion
4
Garlic Pods
2
Dry Ginger
¼ inch
Jawa Peppercorn / Vaal Milagu
6
Piper Longum / Thippili
2
Salt
As required
Roasted Cumin Seeds Powder
As required

Procedure:
1. Wash and soak little millet and moong dal together for 15 mins.
2. Grind the small onion, garlic pods, dry ginger, jawa peppercorns, and piper longum into a coarse paste.
3. Wash the leaves and keep it aside.
4. In a cooker, add the soaked millet and moong dal, ground paste, drumstick leaves and salt. Add enough water and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles in a high flame.
5. After pressure has gone, drain the soup completely and serve. Sprinkle roasted cumin powder at the time of serving.
      Healthy winter special soup is ready.
Note:
1. Adding cumin powder is optional.
2. You can use normal peppercorn instead of jawa peppercorn.
3. No need to drain the soup. You can have it with leaves also.

November 18, 2010

Versatile Blogger Award and Drumstick Leaves Poriyal

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Ok now moving on to Drumstick Leaves Poriyal...


Ingredients:

Drumstick Greens

1 cup

Toor Dal

¼ cup

Oil

2 tbs

Mustard Seeds

½ tbs

Urad Dal

½ tbs

Cumin Seeds

1 tbs

Curry Leaves

1 spring

Red Chilly

3

Grated Coconut

2 tbs

Salt

To Taste

Procedure:

1. Clean and wash the Drumstick leaves.

2. Pressure cook the leaves with ¼ cup of water for 1 whistle in high flame.

3. Cook the dal with turmeric and water. Do not over cook it.

4. Heat the oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and urad dal. Wait for popping.

5. Then add cumin seeds, curry leaves and red chillies (cut into halves).

6. Fry for a minute and then add cooked leaves with water (don’t drain the water from leaves).

7. Fry till the water evaporates and add the cooked dal .

8. Mix them well and add salt and grated coconut. Fry for 3 mins.

This goes well with plain rice. You can also serve this as side dish.



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