MURUNGAKKERAI / DRUMSTICK LEAVES PODI/POWDER, how to make a very healthy powder out of drumstick leaves

Drumstick leaves........drumstick leaves...Moringa....
Tiny leaves, packed with nutrition....
*Prevent Cancer
*Protect Liver
*Maintain healthy  vision
* Prevent diabetes
*Reduce high blood pressure
*Strengthen immune system
*Reduce heart diseases
*Prevent anemia
*Help in unwanted weight loss
*Maintain healthy hair and skin
*Induce lactation & cure constipation
*Treat kidney stones
*Support brain health
*Protect against arsenic toxity
I have already posted Drumstick leaves curry,  and drumstick leaves dosa
Here's a podi/powder like the very healthy Angaya podi

Ingredients

Washed and drained moringa/drumstick leaves - 2 cups, tightly packed

Salt to taste

Roasting ingredients

Split black urad dhal - 1/4 cup

Channa dhal - 1/4 cup

Black sesame seeds - 1/8 cup

Coriander seeds - 1/8 cup

Pepper - 11/2 tsps

Jeera - 11/2 tsps

Red chillies - 10

Hing powder - 3/4 tsp

Cooking/gingely oil to roast - 1 tsp

Recipe cuisine: South Indian; Category: Preserve/lunch

Prep time: 15 mts; Cooking time: 10 mts; Microwave-drying time: 5 mts

Yields roughly 250 gms of powder

A pan heated with 1 tsp oil, and all the above mentioned roasting ingredients added. 

In the meantime, I sun dried the moringa leaves for 2-3 hours, then microwaved them in a shallow bowl, at  the interval of 30 seconds, till all the moisture  is gone and they become semi crisp.

All the ingredients  well roasted

Now add the moringa leaves and salt to taste

After cooling down, all loaded into the blender jar

Ground into a fine powder

See how nice it is!!!

I normally store such podis/powders in the fridge, so that they do not lose their flavour.

This post first appeared in www.malpatskitchen.com

* A handful of curry leaves can be dried and added too, if you fall short of moringa leaves

Categories: Healthy Cooking, Moringa recipes, Pickles-Preserves & Podis, Spinach recipes