Murungai keerai sambar| drumstick leaves sambar – Healthy sambar with drumstick leaves – Murungai keerai sambar in Tamil, with full video and step by step pictures.
We use murungai keerai in poriyals or sometimes add in adai. I have heard my relatives make Murungai keerai poricha kuzhambu also. I have posted drumstick leaves soup in Jeyashri’s kitchen too. Last week when I visited the Indian shop here, I happened to see a fresh big bunch of Drumstick leaves. I got them and my weekend was well spent cleaning the leaves.
I made Murungai keerai poriyal with one portion of the leaves and used a few for making adai too. When I was in Singapore, one friend used to make drumstick leaves sambar every week. I have tasted that once but never tried it. The recipe is made without adding any sambar powder or red chili powder. Suddenly I remembered that and messaged her for the recipe. She texted the recipe in few hours and I tried it at home. The sambar was very tasty and unique. It paired well with dosa too.
Murungai keerai | Drumstick is a very healthy variety of greens. It is very rich in calcium and potassium. Murungai keerai sambar can be served with plain rice and any spicy curry of your choice.
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Drumstick leaves sambar
Murungai keerai sambar | Drumstick leaves sambar
Ingredients
- 1 cup drumstick leaves tightly packed
- ½ cup toor dal
- 3 tbsp coconut
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 7 slit green chili
- 3 red chili
- Asafoetida a pinch
- Handful of shallots | small onions
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1 to mato finely chopped
- 1 cup tamarind water from gooseberry sized tamarind
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- Salt as needed
- Water as needed to cook toor dal
Instructions
- Pressure cook the toor dal with a pinch of turmeric powder and water for 5-6 whistles.
- Mash well and add 1 cup of water to this and keep aside.
- Grind the coconut and ½ tsp cumin seeds into a fine paste.
- In a pan add the oil and add the mustard seeds, ½ tsp cumin seeds and asafoetida.
- Once the mustard splutters add the slit green chilis and red chili.
- Add one handful of small onions and garlic to this.
- Saute till the onion turns golden brown.
- Add the chopped tomato to this.
- Saute well for 2 minutes.
- Add 1 cup of tamarind water.
- Now add in the turmeric powder and salt.
- Let this boil for 7 minutes.
- Add the coconut paste at this stage.
- Boil for 2 minutes.
- Now add the cooked toor dal and mix well.
- Add the washed drumstick leaves | murungakeerai.
- Mix well and boil for 2-3 minutes.
- Murungakeerai sambar is ready.
- Serve with plain hot rice and any spicy curry of your choice.
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Notes
2. Ensure the murungakeerai are well cleaned and washed before adding it to the gravy.
3. Drumstick leaves sambar pairs well with Idli | dosa too.
- Pressure cook the toor dal with a pinch of turmeric powder and water for 5-6 whistles.
- Mash well and add 1 cup of water to this and keep aside.
- Grind the coconut and ½ tsp cumin seeds into a fine paste.
- In a pan add the oil and add the mustard seeds, ½ tsp cumin seeds, and asafoetida.
- Once the mustard splutters add the slit green chilis and red chili.
- Add one handful of small onions and garlic to this.
- Saute till the onion turns golden brown.
- Add the chopped tomato to this.
- Saute well for 2 minutes.
- Add 1 cup of tamarind water.
- Now add in the turmeric powder and salt.
- Let this boil for 7 minutes.
- Add the coconut paste at this stage.
- Boil for 2 minutes.
- Now add the cooked toor dal and mix well.
- Add the washed drumstick leaves | murungakeerai.
- Mix well and boil for 2-3 minutes.
- Murungakeerai sambar is ready.
- Serve with plain hot rice and any spicy curry of your choice.
- You can add fennel seeds instead of cumin seeds while making the coconut paste.
- Ensure the murungai keerai is well cleaned and washed before adding it to the gravy.
- Drumstick leaves sambar pairs well with Idli | dosa too.
