Moringai-Poo Poricha Kootu / Drumstick-Flowers Poricha Kootu
This extremely flavourful daal based dish is also very nutritious for our health. it is a rich source of Iron and Vitamin A. Moringai or drumstick leaves and flowers are usually included in food made for newly mother's for reviving strength and for sufficient flow of mother's milk for the baby. This Autumn season, drumstick trees in Nashik are flooded with white thick bunches of these flowers and lush green tender leaves, so I make sure I include either moringa leaves or flowers in my Kootu, kozhambu, adai and wadas and also in many other dishes. Here I am sharing one of my favourite Moringai dishes.
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Ingredients
For kootu
- 3 cup moringa flowers
- 1/4 cup moong daal
- 1 pinch turmeric
- Salt as per taste
For paste
- 3 dry red chilies
- 1 tsp rice raw
- 1 tsp jeera seeds
- 2 tbsp coconut shreds
For tempering
- 1 tsp jeera seeds
- 1 tbsp urad dal raw
- 1/4 tsp asafoetida hing
- 4-5 curry leaves
- 3 dry red chillies broken
- 2-3 tsp Desi Ghee
- 3 tomatoes for sabzi
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Instructions
- Wash and soak daal.
- Soak rice, jeera and dry red chillies for paste
- After 10 minutes of soaking make smooth paste by adding coconut shreds to it.
- The paste looks something like this.
- Pluck and discard rotten flowers. Keep tender leaves and drumsticks if any. Wash several times to remove all the dust.
- Add cleaned moringai flowers, turmeric, salt, and chopped tomatoes to the soaked daal, in a cooker and cook till 2-3 whistles.
- Sabji after cooking looks like this.
- Heat ghee for tempering add jeera, hing, udad dal, red chillies and curry leaves. Saute till udad daal gets golden in colour.
- Add the cooked daal and flower mixture in the pan with the tempering.
- Add the ground paste, adjust seasoning and add some water and cook till one boil.
- Your very delicious Moringa-Poo Poricha kootu is ready to relish with rice and Rasam. Can also be had with parathas.
Recipe Notes
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Recipe Nutrition
Calories: 242kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 12mg | Potassium: 869mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1181IU | Vitamin C: 417mg | Calcium: 667mg | Iron: 4mg
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