Drumstick leaves porial or Murangaikeerai porial

Drumstick leaves porial or Murangaikeerai porial

Drum stick leaves or Morenga oleifera is best known as excellent source of Nutrition and Natural energy booster. 

It helps lower blood pressure and it is a sleep aid. Its detoxifying effect may come from Moringa’s ability to purify water. Murangai keerai (in Tamil) or Moringa acts as a coagulant attaching itself to harmful material and bacteria. It is believed that this process is taking place in the body as well.

Eating drumstick leaves even good to increase woman’s milk production and also It is prescribed for anemia.

Murangai keerai has better protein than soy,food  scientists once believed that only soy has protein comparable to meet ,dairy and eggs.Now they have added moringa to that very short list. Some even consider Moringa protein better than soy protein as it is non-allergic.

Now let us learn how to prepare Murangaikeerai porial in few steps with self explanatory pictures:

Step 1: Clean and wash the leaves and set aside. Cut one medium size onion, pressure cook 2 table spoons of toor dal and mash it and keep it aside. Grate 4 spoons of coconut and set aside. 

Step 2: heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, after it sputter and cumin seeds sauté for 5 seconds and add murungaikeerai or drumstick leaves and sauté well in medium flame.

Step 3: cover and cook in medium flame until the leaves gets cooked.

Step 4: add sambar powder, pinch of turmeric powder, salt and sauté well, cover and cook for another 5 minutes.

Step 5: Add pressure cooked toor dal and sauté for 5 minutes.

Step 6: add grated coconut and mix .cook for one minute and remove from heat. Murangaikeerai porial is ready.

Serve hot with rice.