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Drumstick Leaves Curry- Murungai Keerai poriyal

August 1, 2010 by PadhuSankar 38 Comments

Drumstick leaves can be called the “Queen of all Greens” as it has the richest source of beta carotene among all green leafy vegetables. It is also rich in iron, calcium and vitamin C. Include drumstick leaves in your diet once in a week and protect yourself from certain degenerative diseases. Since I have a drumstick tree in my backyard, I prepare this murungai keerai poriyal once in a week. My children do not like it and never used to have it, in spite of telling them its innumerable health benefits. But now things have changed, in fact they ask for more servings. The trick is, I cooked it with a little shredded cabbage. Believe me, it tastes awesome. Do try it and you will not regret it.Today we will learn how to make delicious murungai keerai poriyal following this easy recipe.

Murungai keerai poriyal-drumstick leaves stir fry/curry

Murungai Keerai Poriyal-Drumstick Leaves Stir Fry


Murungai Keerai Poriyal-Drumstick Leaves Stir Fry

 Prep Time : 15 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Serves: 3
 Recipe Category: Stir Fry
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Mugungai keerai/Drumstick leaves- 1 1/2 cup firmly packed
   Onion – 1 big finely chopped
   Cabbage – 1/2 cup finely shredded
   Coconut – 1/3 cup grated
   Chilli powder -1/2 tsp
   Salt as required

   For the Seasoning

   Oil – 1 1/2 tbsp
   Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
   Urad dal -1/2 tsp
   Asafoetida/hing – a generous pinch
   Red chillies – 3 ( broken into small pieces)

Preparation


Remove the leaves from the stem, wash it and chop it. Though it is a bit time consuming job, it is worth the effort. Consider its nutritional value and spend some time for it.

Chop onions finely and shred cabbage finely.

Method


Heat oil in a pan/kadai and add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add urad dal, hing and red chillies.

When dal turns golden brown, add finely chopped onions, saute until they turn transparent.

Then add the finely shredded cabbage and chilli powder.

After cabbage is slightly cooked, add the drumstick leaves.

Cook covered on low flame stirring in between till it becomes tender. Add salt needed. You can sprinkle little water in between.

Once it is cooked, add grated coconut, mix well and remove from heat.

Serve as an accompaniment with rice. I personally prefer it with Kuzhambu Sadam.

You will love my iron and protein rich Murungai keerai adai  recipe also.

Meet you all again with more interesting recipes, till then it is bye from Padhu of Padhuskitchen

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Comments

  1. jeyashrisuresh

    August 3, 2010 at 7:49 am

    addind chilli powder is new to me. i dont have patience to clean this leaf. clicks r very nice

    Reply
  2. Sonia (Nasi Lemak Lover)

    August 3, 2010 at 8:02 am

    sound good and nice

    Reply
  3. Krishnaveni

    August 3, 2010 at 8:46 am

    nice combo, healthy and yummy

    Reply
  4. srividhya Ravikumar

    August 3, 2010 at 9:06 am

    looks cool padhu… nice recipe..

    Reply
  5. Nithya

    August 3, 2010 at 9:16 am

    This is so healthy and yummy. We too make adai with it at home 🙂

    Reply
  6. Ms.Chitchat

    August 3, 2010 at 10:14 am

    A healthy recipe and loved the combo with cabbage,never tried. Sure to try soon as I get hold of some drumstick leaves,not so luck as you to have in backyard :):) Loved the presentation.

    Reply
  7. Hamaree Rasoi

    August 3, 2010 at 12:36 pm

    Wow yaar you have a drumstick tree in your backyard :-)As you siad it's timetaking but very healthy also. Nice dish
    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

    Reply
  8. சாருஸ்ரீராஜ்

    August 3, 2010 at 1:28 pm

    i have done this with valaipoo , but with cabbage new to me , i will try it yes with vathalkulabu , it will be great.

    Reply
  9. Kairali sisters

    August 3, 2010 at 1:37 pm

    Lokks so good padhu, Very healthy side dish..

    Reply
  10. kothiyavunu

    August 3, 2010 at 2:27 pm

    This is one of my fav stir fry..look delicious padhu.

    Reply
  11. Hari Chandana

    August 3, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    Looks yummy and delicious..

    Reply
  12. Swathi

    August 3, 2010 at 3:13 pm

    Padu,

    That is is really healthy dish. I love them. I like your combo. clicks also beautiful

    Reply
  13. kanthi

    August 3, 2010 at 3:45 pm

    This is a new recipe for me quite interesting..very good to health.

    Reply
  14. Vasavi Suresh

    August 3, 2010 at 3:48 pm

    That's really yummy. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  15. aipi

    August 3, 2010 at 4:03 pm

    Ive never been lucky enough to find these leaves around here. I love them and yours looks perfect..am craving 4 some now ..

    Reply
  16. chaitrali pathak

    August 3, 2010 at 5:23 pm

    Simple…yet yummy

    Reply
  17. Mythreyi Dilip

    August 3, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    I like drumstick leaves, very healthy and high in iron. Yummy poriyal, makes me feel homely dear:)

    Reply
  18. Nitha

    August 3, 2010 at 7:54 pm

    I love muringa leaves… Especially with dal.. Should have tasted great with cabbage too..

    Reply
  19. PranisKitchen

    August 3, 2010 at 8:34 pm

    very healthy curry.. its hard to get the same leaves here . best combo for rice

    Reply
  20. Kiran

    August 3, 2010 at 11:54 pm

    Combination of drumstick leaves and cabbage sounds delicious in this curry.

    Reply
  21. Gouri Guha

    August 4, 2010 at 6:18 am

    Liked the combo of this healthy preparation.

    Reply
  22. Yummy Team

    August 4, 2010 at 6:32 am

    Healthy n delicious curry with drumstick leaves..

    Reply
  23. sanjeeta kk

    August 4, 2010 at 9:43 am

    Healthy and good recipe.

    Reply
  24. Suja Sugathan

    August 5, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    Healthy greens..nice recipe.

    Reply
  25. Aparna

    August 15, 2010 at 5:13 am

    This is an excellent way of cooking drumstick leaves. 🙂

    Reply
  26. Prashant Koli

    April 17, 2012 at 9:36 am

    Never tried,but will do now.
    Interestingly,we do have a tree but tenants steal the drumsticks and we have to get it from the market. Hopefully, none of my tenant is reading about the leaves here.

    Reply
  27. Thanu Caddur

    March 28, 2013 at 6:57 pm

    Padhu

    thanks for posting such a wonderful veggie dish. For the first time i got the drumstick leaves here in Atlanta and making the subji was amazing. thank you very much.

    Reply
  28. uma pavan

    October 15, 2013 at 8:38 am

    its sounds nice. today i will try padhuji.

    thanks for wonderful receipe……..

    Reply
  29. Hariharan Ramkumar

    June 9, 2014 at 10:42 pm

    very yummy tasty always my favorite 🙂

    Reply
  30. Shalini M

    March 21, 2016 at 5:39 am

    One easy method is there to clean the leaves. U keep the leaves in a cloth and cover it for overnight. Morning u can see that leaves are separated. Try this out

    Reply
  31. Unknown

    May 3, 2016 at 5:07 pm

    Easy to make…..

    Reply
  32. anuradha

    February 28, 2017 at 1:59 am

    I tried this today and it turned out yummy.with the same ingredients i added some rice and nade it as a cabbage moringa rice too…since I always make cabbage rice it was easy to add the moringa leaves.

    Reply
  33. bilvapatra

    July 26, 2017 at 4:14 am

    Have you done drumstick leaves sambar? Do share link pls although i did search,

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      July 26, 2017 at 10:31 am

      It is the same as
      vendhaya keerai sambar. Just replace vendhaya keerai with drumstick leaves. Will soon post drumstick leaves sambar recipe separately.

      Reply
  34. Anu

    January 21, 2018 at 3:15 am

    Cool I knew only one recipe, wt dal. Tis is new n will definitely try it. Thanks.

    Reply
  35. Nimesh RL

    October 15, 2018 at 7:02 pm

    i tried without cabbage and it tastes divine.

    Reply
  36. Sivakami Ramanathan

    January 23, 2019 at 6:20 am

    Hi Padhu,

    When to add the chilli powder?

    Thanks
    Sivakami

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      January 23, 2019 at 12:17 pm

      Add after you add cabbage. I will update it. I missed mentioning it. Thanks.

      Reply

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