Delicious Muringa Ila Parippu curry/ Drumstick leaves and Toor dal in spicy curry that goes well with rice or roti
Dal is one of the curries my hubby cooks. When I first met him, he told me he cooks and generally goes out to eat only burgers, sandwiches, pizza and so on.
He cooks dal, sambar (very unique combination adding broccoli , spinach in them, which I never heard of. ) egg burji , chicken curry and Pav bahji . Among the above dishes
I like his dal, egg burji and pav bhaji . Whenever I make dal, he will say it is not the taste he was expecting, something missing in them. I will tell him to make his dal; it is good for me too.
Last year I planted a Muringa (Moringa oleifera) / Drum stick plant. I had started from 4 seeds and I got 1 plant, which was happily growing till the last big frost. It died during the frost. I was sad, because I didn’t even pluck a single leaf, saying that they are babies,
I don’t want to hurt them. This year I planted the rest of muringa seeds and got two plants, one is happy healthy one; other is slender and says I don’t want to grow fast. This time, I thought I need to take some leaves, if I am sentimental I may not able to cook healthy dishes.
What is Moringa plant ?
Muringa leaves are highly nutritious, being a significant source of beta-carotene ( 4 times more than carrots) , Vitamin C, protein (two times than the milk), iron ( three time iron than spinach), and potassium (seven times more than Bananas). These leaves help to improve the immune system, nourish eyes and brain, and even reduce the wrinkles and fine lines etc.
They taste bitter like chard or bitter gourd. If you like bitterness or willing to eschew the bitterness for the health benefits try muringa/Moringa leaves some time. As I don’t have a lot of muringa leaves to make thoran or curry alone, decided to add dal and make it curry. This is tasty and healthy with double addition of protein in them.
Only thing I hate about drumstick leaves is plucking them from the stem, it is tedious, laborious job but in order eat super healthy dish you need to work. End result is worth all the effort.
I made muringa paprippu/drumstick leaves toor dal curry with them. Dal masked the bitterness of drumstick leaves. I added some garlic and tomato along with chili coriander, cumin powder and garam masala to make it spicy curry. We like the dish a lot.
What you need to make Muringa Ila Parippu curry/ Drumstick leaves and Toor dal curry
Muringa leaves
Toor dal
Olive oil
Tomato
Spices
onion
Garlic and ginger
Curry leaves and cilantro
Salt
Other Muringa/ Moringa leaf recipes
Muringa Ila Parippu curry/ Drumstick leaves and Toor dal in spicy curry
Delicious Muringa Ila Parippu curry/ Drumstick leaves and Toor dal in spicy curry a simple curry goes well with rice or roti
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 380kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cup Drumstick leaves/Muringa leaves
- ½ cup Toor dal
- 2 Tomato
- ½ cup Onion
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
- ¼ teaspoon Mustard seeds:
- ½ teaspoon Chili powder
- ½ teaspoon Cumin powder
- ½ teaspoon Coriander powder
- ½ teaspoon Gram masala
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ¼ teaspoon urmeric powder
- 2 Red chili: halved in two
- 3 Garlic cloves
- 2 inch Ginger
- 1 sprig Curry leaves:
- 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves
- 2 tablespoon Oil I used olive oil
- 2 cups Water
Instructions
- Pluck and clean the drum stick leaves, remove as much stem possible, wash them in running water and set aside.
- In pressure cooker cook the toor dal with 1 ½ cup water for 3 whistles (it takes about 15-20 minutes) and set aside.
- In a medium sauce pan heat 1 ½ tablespoon of oil and add cumin seeds once they starts splutters add chopped onion and curry leaves fry them until they become translucent or change color it takes about 6 minutes.
- To add ginger garlic paste and fry for another 2 minutes. Add salt, turmeric, cumin, coriander, gram masla and chili powder and fry for 1 minute.
- To the above mixture add tomato cook for another 2 minutes or until tomato become soft. To onion tomato masala mix add cleaned drum stick leaves and cook until they are wilted it takes about 7 minutes.
- Once they are well done add cooked toor dal and let it boil for another 2 minutes with stirring in between. Adjust the spice and salt if needed. Add water if needed to make desired consistency.
- In a small pan heat rest of the oil and mustard seeds halved chilies and coriander leaves. When mustard seeds starts popping switch of heat and add to cooked dal muringa mixture.
- Enjoy warm with rice or roti.
Nutrition
Calories: 380kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 323mg | Potassium: 906mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 824IU | Vitamin C: 569mg | Calcium: 1082mg | Iron: 4mg
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
keri says
This is a very healthy dish! I love it. I can't wait to give this a try.
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Roshan says
nice way to woo muringa ila haters!!
PranisKitchen says
swathi thats a grt idea of planting the muringakka plant.. so u got very fresh leaves good job swathi.. where did u get the seeds swathi? one of my favorite curry looks so good. addition of videos ,good idea..
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Padhu says
I love this dal very much and apart from dal I prepare even drumstick leaves + cabbage stir fry. Do check out that as it is also very tasty .I love any dish with drumstick leaves for it nutritive value. Dal is a very comforting dish.
Indie.Tea says
It sounds lovely...and so comforting! I'd eat it with rice, please 🙂
Shama Nagarajan says
delicious dal with drumstick leaves...
srividhya Ravikumar says
drooling click swathi and delicious recipe
Adelina says
..could not play the videos, will try later, but I am sure your hard work of removing those leaves off the stems paid off! I do not remember ever eating drumstick leaves...do you buy them at the Indian store?
Sreelekha Sumesh says
Perfect dal curry with chapatis.Healthy too.
Rumana Rawat says
This my favorite dish:)
fancythatfancythis.com says
I love dal with spinach...and sometimes I throw in a potato too. I love it with rice!
Reeni says
Sorry about your plant - I have never heard of this one. But this looks so very delicious, hearty and comforting!
sinfullyspicy says
hey swathi..
You have a really rocking blog! And this dish with veggies will marry rice perfectly.
Very nice shots too!
Priscilla says
that looks sooo good!! and today is a rainy day, perfect for a delicious soup like that!
thanks for sharing!
Faith says
What a healthy, delicious meal! I'm going to have to look for muringa leaves!
MaryMoh says
I would love this with paratha. Looks very healthy and delicious....mmm. Thanks very much for sharing. MaryMoh at http://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.com
PALATABLE says
This is really great..love your video, very useful, looks yum...
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Sushma Mallya says
Lovely click, really healthy & delicious
Suman Singh says
WOW..just awesome..liked the step by step videos..now coming back to the dish dal is such a comfort food to me and adding drumstick leaves made it more healthier option..thanks for sharing the recipe..
Kamalika says
Very healthy dish....Loved the flavour....
Satya says
crurry looks delicious n healthy ,never tried drumstick leaves before ..bookmarked ur dish ...thanks for sharing with video dear ,its more comfortable
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Jay says
Beautiful presentation Swathi...Sure it had been tasted divine...thanx for sharing dear..
Nithu Bala says
Awesome step-by-step video procedure..thanks for sharing this Swathi..very healthy and yummy dish..loved it.
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says
wow, that looks delicious !!!
Vrinda says
This is my all time fav swathi...gr8 effort with videos...
aipi says
I love greens in my daal..never tried with drum stick leaves though..looks awesome swathi!
Also loved your step by step video..very helpful!!
Keep rocking dear!:)
G.Pavani says
oh! its looks delicious and showing step by step is great yaar...
Priti says
I didn't use to like muringa keerai but now I eat them happily :)....and in daal is always gud ...looks yum