Drumstick Spinach Usili (Murungai Keerai Paruppu Usili)
Vegetarian semi-dry dish from Tamil Nadu. Toor dal is steamed, crumbled and sauteed with a generous quantity of drumstick (moringa) leaves, tempered with mustard seeds, fennel, dry red chillies and asafoetida. Drumstick leaves are the main vegetable, roughly equal in weight to the dal. About 375 calories per serving.
Ingredients
Main
- Fennel Seeds — 1 tsp (whole)
- Drumstick Leaves — 4 cup (ground)
- Sunflower Oil — 3 tsp (whole)
- salt (optional) (whole)
- Arhar Dal (Desi - Unpolished) — 1 cup (whole)
Tempering
- Asafoetida — 0.5 tsp (ground)
- Mustard Seeds (Black) — 1 tsp (whole)
- dry red chillies — 3 piece (whole)
Method
- To begin making the Murungai Keerai Paruppu Usili Recipe, wash and soak toor dal for 30 minutes.*To make the Paruppu UsiliAfter 30 minutes drain the water from dal.
- Heat an idli steamer on medium heat, with enough water.
- Grease the idli mould and keep it ready.
- Now make small lemon sized balls of the prepared paruppu usili mixture, and place it in the idli mould.Cover and steam cook for 10 minutes, until the dal mixture is cooked.
- Add the dried red chillies, and let it crackle.Add the drumstick leaves, season with salt, mix well, cover and cook for 5 minutes until the drumstick leaves are cooked well.
- Meanwhile, remove the steamed toor dal balls, crumble it with your hands so that it resembles the sandy texture.Once the drumstick leaves are cooked well, add the crumbled toor dal mix to the pan and mix well.
- It is ready to be served.Serve Murungai Keerai Paruppu Usili along with Steamed Rice and Tomato Jeera & Paruppu Rasam Recipe for a weeknight dinner.
Common questions
- How many calories in one plate of Drumstick Spinach Usili (Murungai Keerai Paruppu Usili)?
- 328 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 30 min — 10 min prep, 20 min cooking.