Murunga Keerai Poriyal

South Indian recipe which is healthy and easy to make murungai keerai poriyal / drumstick leaves stir fry.. This healthy recipe makes for a very nice side dish for lunch... It well goes with any kinds of sambar or kuzhambu verities.. Murunga keerai my husband favorite dish. I prepared this with my Traditional vegetable sambar. Keerai is very healthy which contain rich iron. 

So hope you will try this and let me know how it turns out..

Preparation time : 10 mins
Cooking time : 20 mins
Serve - 4
Recipe cuisine : South indian..
Recipe category : Side dish

INGREDIENTS:

Murunga keerai - 1 cup (chopped)

Onion - 1 (chopped)

Fresh coconut - 1/2 cup (grated) 

Salt - as needed
Water - 1/2 cup

TO TEMPER:

Mustard seeds -1 tspn
Urad dal - 1 tspn

Coconut oil - 2 tbspn

FOR GRINDING:

Dry red chilli - 5 (nos)

Jeera -1 tspn

Garlic - 2 (cloves)

METHOD :

• Pick the leaves from the stem, chopped it very finely and clean the greens in large amount of water multiple times to remove all the dirt. set aside. 
• Grind the grinding items into coarse powder. (don't need to add water)
• Heat coconut oil in a wok. Add mustard, urad dal and let it splutter.
• Now add chopped onion and toss it well in the oil.
• Add chopped greens and salt along with that add little amount of water and cover it with lid and cook it for 7 mins. Untill the greens are half cooked.
• Now add grinded masala and toss them well. Untill the raw smell is gone.
• When it's cooked completely add grated fresh coconut and mix well. 
• Now the murunga keerai poriyal is ready to serve...

PICTORIAL:

 Take your ingredients

Chopped onion 

Cut keerai and wash well

 Heat a pan with coconut oil

 Add mustard seeds and urad dal

 Now add onion

Add the greens

 Now add water 

  Ground the masala like this 

 when it half boil,add grinded masala on it

When it cooked completely 

Add fresh grated coconut on it

 Now it's done

 

Enjoy...