MORINGA KOOTTU, how to make drumstick leaves and lentil gravy

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
Please check my Drumstick leaves dosa, Drumstick leaves curry and Drumstick leaves powder
This is a very easy and quick koottu...It hardly took 10 minutes...The cooking part, I mean...
It is so tasty, a 2-in-1 koottu, since it tastes great with rice and rotis.

Ingredients

Washed and drained moringa leaves - 4 cups

Split moong dhal - 1/2 cup

Onion - 1, chopped

Tomatoes - 2, chopped

Green chillies - 2, slit

Sambar powder - 11/2 tsps

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Hing powder - 1/2 tsp

Grated coconut - 3 tsps

Salt to taste

For seasoning

Cold pressed coconut oil - 2 tsps

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Broken urad dhal - 1 1/2 tsps

Jeera/cumin - 1 tsp

Red chillies - 2, broken

Recipe cuisine: South Indian; Category: Lunch; dinner; side

Prep time: 10 mts; Cooking time: 10 mts

Serves 3-4

Moong dhal, soaked in hot water,  pressure pan with turmeric powder for 20 mts

Moringa leaves, slit green chillies, sambar powder, tomatoes and onion topped and pressure cooked for 3-4 whistles

After opening the cooker lid, this is how it looks

Add salt to taste

All mashed well with a ladle

Grated coconut and hing powder added

Above mentioned ingredients seasoned in coconut oil

and poured on top of hing powder

Mixed well

This post first appeared in www.malpatskitchen.com

*2 pods of garlic can be used too.

Categories: Healthy Cooking, Koottu Varieties, Moringa recipes, Pressure cooker recipes, Spinach recipes