Munagaku Pulihora / Drumstick Leaves Savory Rice / Moringa Leaves Indian Recipe
Drumstick Leaves Pulihora, a South Indian Style Flavoured Rice recipe, made using fresh Drumstick leaves and few basic ingredients. Recipe below has step wise pics and tips.
Equipment
- 1 Small Frying pan (for tempering)
- 1 Wide Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- Rice (cooked) – With 1 cup of rice grains
- 1 cup Mungaku / Moringa / Drumstick leaves
- ¼ cup Fresh Lemon Juice
- 4 tablespoons Cooking Oil
- 5 count Dry Red Chillies
- 6 count Green Chillies (slit length wise)
- 10 count Curry Leaves
- 2 teaspoons Salt (or as per taste)
Ingredients for Tempering:
- 1 teaspoon Urad dal / Minapappu / Split Black gram
- ½ teaspoon Mustard seeds / Aavalu
- 1 teaspoon Chana dal / Split Yellow gram dal
- ½ teaspoon Jeera / Cumin Seeds
- ½ teaspoon Sesame Seeds
- ¼ teaspoon Hing / Inguva / Asafoetida
- 10 count Pea Nuts / Pallilu
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
Instructions
Prep Work:
- Gently, separate the, Munagaku / Moringa / Drumstick, leaves from stem, wash and pat dry with kitchen towel.
Cooking:
- Put a frying pan on stove top under medium flame. Add the oil, let it heat and then add all the items under ‘Ingredients for Tempering’.
- Fry the tempering items until they turn light brown in colour. Then add the moringa / drumstick leaves, curry leaves, dry red chillies and slit green chillies.
- Sauté them by stirring continuously.Until the moringa / drumstick leaves change their colour and raw smell is gone. (takes 3 to 4 mins).Later, switch the flame off.
- Take the cooked rice into a wide mixing bowl. Transfer the tempered content onto the cooked rice. Add the fresh lemon juice and enough salt.
- Immediately, mix up everything thoroughly but gently. See that the tempered ingredients are well mixed with rice.
- Serve with chilled homemade curds / yogurt on the side. Done!
Notes
Please see the MAIN POST for recipe with step wise PICS & TIPS!