Drumstick leaves Poriyal/Murungai keerai Poriyal

   This is my grandma's style...so easy, no coconut and no dal ...simple poriyal goes well with rasam n curd rice.
Nutritional Benefits of Drumstick leaves: Drumstick leaves are of great value as sources of acrotene, calcium, phosphorus and vitamin C.The leaves serve as a tonic for infants and growing children. For better results, juice should be extracted from leaves, filtered and mixed with milk. This mixture becomes an excellent tonic for healthy and strong bones and for purifying bloodstream.It will also help them overcome sluggishness of the uterus, facilitate easy delivery and reduce post delivery complications. A vegetable prepared from leaves increases breast milk after child birth. Drumstick soup made with leaves and flowers as well as boiled drumsticks are highly valuable in preventing infections of all kinds such as that of the throat, chest and skin.Fresh leaf juice applied with lime juice is useful in the treatment of pimples, black heads and keeps one's face fresh.


Ingredients
Drumstick leaves   2-3 cupsOnion   1 Big(finely chopped)Dry red chillies   2 no.s(broken in to pieces)Chana dal    1 tbspMustard seeds   1/2 tspOil   1 tspSalt   to tasteMethod
Take all the drumstick leaves in a vessel sprinkle little water and cover it with a lid,cook for 12-15 minutes or till the keerai gets cooked.(do not add more water n don't drain the excess water also) and keep aside.Heat oil in wok,add mustard and chana dal,fry till chana dal gets golden brown .Then add finely chopped onions,broken red chillies and saute lightly.And add the cooked murungai keerai ,enough salt and stir fry for a minute.Murungai keerai poriyal is now ready to go with any variety rice and also it suits with hot plain rice with ghee.