Drumstick plant leaves

A simple side dish recipe with moringa leaves, flowers and buds. Serve with hot rice or chapattis.

Ingredients:

Fresh moringa leaves : 2 cups . Include flowers and buds too

Onion : 1 medium (chop to fine pieces)

For grinding:

Fresh coconut (grated) : ½ cup

Green chilly : 2 nos ( cut lengthwise), Garlic pods: 4 nos, Cumin seeds ( Jeera) : ¼ tsp

Turmeric powder: ¼ tsp

Grind all ingredients in a mixer coarsely

For seasoning

Cooking oil : 2 tsp , Mustard seeds : ¼ tsp, Rice (uncooked) :2 tsp, Curry leaves : 1 stem

Salt ( to taste)

Procedure for Moringa leaves torran:

• Wash the moringa leaves, flowers and buds and place in a sieve to drain all water.

• Heat oil in a flat bottom pan,  season with mustard seeds, rice and curry leaves.

• Add onion, when translucent add the Drumstick plant leaves, flowers and buds.

• Saute and steam cook on a low flame.

• Add salt and the grinded coarse paste. Mix thoroughly till it is of dry consistency.

Coconut relieves the bitter taste of the leaves and is a good combination with rice or hot pulkas.

Usually in Indian dishes seasoning includes dhals but for Moringa leaves dishes rice is used. Rice becomes white  and crispy when fried in oil.

Mineral Contents in Drumstick Leaves

• Vitamin A — Four times as in Carrot.
• Vitamin C — Seven times as in Orange.
• Potassium – Three times as in Banana
• Calcium – Four times Calcium as in Milk.
• Protein – Two times Protein as in Yogurt.

Enjoy various ways to include the leaves and vegetable in your diet. Stay healthy.