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Murungai Keerai Soup | Drumstick Leaves Soup is an easy, nutritious, and appetizing South Indian soup recipe. You can make this Murungai Keerai soup in 30 minutes and serve it as a healthy soup on cold days or simply with lunch.
How to make Murungai Keerai Soup | Drumstick Leaves Soup is given below with step-by-step instructions and images.
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About - Murungai Keerai Soup | Drumstick Leaves Soup
Murungai Keerai Soup | Drumstick Leaves Soup is a popular and traditional soup recipe from Chettinad cuisine.
It is one of the easy vegetarian soup recipes that are commonly served during Chettinad wedding feasts. There will be at least one vegetarian soup and one non-vegetarian soup served at the Chettinad Wedding Feast.
Tomato, cauliflower, and leafy vegetables like drumstick leaves, ponnanganni keerai, and so on can be used to make vegetable soups.
In South India, especially Tamil Nadu, the drumstick plant is ubiquitous. Drumsticks and leaves are frequently used to prepare stir-fries, curries with dals, soups, fritters, and other dishes. Drumstick leaves soup is a popular monsoon dish that is also given to pregnant ladies.
Every household has its own murungai keerai soup recipe. In this post, I've shared Chettinad-style Murungai Keerai Soup. It is a thin soup recipe with a mélange of flavourful Chettinad spices. I highly recommend this recipe to include in your diet at least once a week. If you try this soup, please let me know in the comment section.
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How to make Murungai Keerai Soup? | How to make Drumstick Leaves Soup?
Murungai Keerai Soup | Drumstick Leaves Soup is an easy, nutritious, and appetizing South Indian soup recipe. You can make this Murungai Keerai soup in 30 minutes and serve it as a healthy soup on cold days or simply with lunch.
Cuisine - Chettinad Cuisine
Serving - 4
Timing - 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS
Murungai Keerai/Drumstick Leaves - 1 fist (tightly measured)
Toor Dal/Pigeon Pea Dal - 2 tablespoons
Big Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Green Chilli - 2
Water - 4 cups + 2 1/4 cups
Salt - to taste
Cooking Soda - 1 pinch
WHOLE SPICES
Cloves - 2
Kalpasi - 1
Bay Leaves - 1
Fennel Seeds - 1 teaspoon
Peppercorns - 1 teaspoon
Cumin Seeds - 1 teaspoon
INSTRUCTIONS
1. To begin making the Murungai Keerai Soup | Drumstick Leaves Soup recipe - Keep all the ingredients ready.
2. To Prep - Take a deep bowl and fill it with water.
3. Add a pinch of salt and turmeric powder. Mix well.
4. Now add the drumstick leaves and soak them for 5 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, slice the onion, chop the tomato, crush the green chilli and ground the peppercorns and cumin seeds using a mortar and pestle. Set aside.
6. Now take out the drumstick leaves from the water and wash them with 2-3 exchanges of water. Drain the water completely.
7. To Boil - Heat 4 cups of water in a pan and add washed toor dal and cook for 8-10 minutes or until well cooked. Once boiled, set aside.
8. To Blanch - Heat 2 cups of water in a pan and add a pinch of cooking soda and allow to boil for a few seconds.
9. Now drop the drumstick leaves and blanch for a few seconds.
10. Remove them immediately and wash them in tap water.
11. To Grind - In a mixer grinder, add the blanched drumstick leaves with 1/4 cup of water and grind to a paste. Set aside.
12. To make a soup - Heat oil in a kadai, add fennel seeds, cloves, bay leaves and kalpasi and fry for a few seconds.
13. Add sliced onion and saute for a few seconds.
14. Now add chopped green chilli, tomato and salt and saute for a few seconds.
15. Add the cooked toor dal with water and allow to boil for 3-5 minutes over a low flame.
16. Now add the drumstick leaves paste and mix well.
17. Again allow them to cook on a low flame for 2 minutes.
18. Check for the salt and adjust accordingly.
19. Turn off the flame.
20. Strain the liquid using a colander. Use a ladle to press all the ingredients.
21. Bring back to a pan and finally add the pepper and cumin powder and mix well.
22. Murungai Keerai Soup | Drumstick Leaves Soup recipe is ready.
You can serve this soup immediately or later. Murungai Keerai Soup | Drumstick Leaves Soup tastes best in warm heat.
PICTORIAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. To begin making the Murungai Keerai Soup | Drumstick Leaves Soup recipe - Keep all the ingredients ready.
2. To Prep - Take a deep bowl and fill it with water.
3. Add a pinch of salt and turmeric powder. Mix well.
4. Now add the drumstick leaves and soak them for 5 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, slice the onion, chop the tomato, crush the green chilli and ground the peppercorns and cumin seeds using a mortar and pestle. Set aside.
6. Now take out the drumstick leaves from the water and wash them with 2-3 exchanges of water. Drain the water completely.
7. To Boil - Heat 4 cups of water in a pan and add washed toor dal and cook for 8-10 minutes or until well cooked. Once boiled, set aside.
8. To Blanch - Heat 2 cups of water in a pan and add a pinch of cooking soda and allow to boil for a few seconds.
9. Now drop the drumstick leaves and blanch for a few seconds.
10. Remove them immediately and wash them in tap water.
11. To Grind - In a mixer grinder, add the blanched drumstick leaves with 1/4 cup of water and grind to a paste. Set aside.
12. To make a soup - Heat oil in a kadai, add fennel seeds, cloves, bay leaves and kalpasi and fry for a few seconds.
13. Add sliced onion and saute for a few seconds.
14. Now add chopped green chilli, tomato and salt and saute for a few seconds.
15. Add the cooked toor dal with water and allow to boil for 3-5 minutes over a low flame.
16. Now add the drumstick leaves paste and mix well.
17. Again allow them to cook on a low flame for 2 minutes.
18. Check for the salt and adjust accordingly.
19. Turn off the flame.
20. Strain the liquid using a colander. Use a ladle to press all the ingredients.
21. Bring back to a pan and finally add the pepper and cumin powder and mix well.
22. Murungai Keerai Soup | Drumstick Leaves Soup recipe is ready.
You can serve this soup immediately or later. Murungai Keerai Soup | Drumstick Leaves Soup tastes best in warm heat.
Tips to make a perfect Murungai Keerai Soup | Drumstick Leaves Soup
1. Whenever making this soup, always choose fresh and young drumstick leaves.
2. While blanching, do not overcook the drumstick leaves. Just a few seconds in hot water is fine.
3. It is a thin soup with a mélange of flavourful spices. If you want a thick soup, reduce the level of water.
4. You can reheat to warm the soup.
5. You cannot store this soup for a longer period. So make it in a small quantity and finish within a day time.
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