Drumstick Greens Sambar

Murungai Keerai Sambar:English name:Drumstick Leaves.

The Botanical name of this tree is Moringa oleifera. The Sanskrit name is Shigru patram. In Tamil we call it Murungai Maram.

I googled some benefits of eating this greens for you'll(listed below). As for as I know...its rich in iron...so good for hair growth!

Balances all the three doshas (Tridosha)
Relieves: Loss of appetite, Internal body heat,Heat of head,Giddiness, Eye diseases,
It is an aphrodisiac & Relieves constipation.

Ingredients:

Moringha greens 1 heavy bunch
Green chilies 3 slitted
Onion 1 large chopped coarsely
Tomatoes 2 chopped roughly
Thoor dal 1 cup
Salt
Turmeric powder 1/4 spoon
Chili powder 1 spoon
Sambar powder 1 spoon
Tamarind paste 1/4 spoon
Oil few spoons.

For Seasonning:

Thallippu Vadam 2 spoons
Mustard seeds 1/4 spoon
Dry red chilies 1 crushed
Curry leaves few
Asafoetida 1/4 spoon
Oil few spoons.

Method:

Cook thoor dal till tender and set aside.

In a vessel, heat oil. Add chlies, onion and tomatoes and saute for few minutes.

Add salt, turmeric and chili powders too.

Then add greens and cooked dal.Add 2-4ups of water. This greens gets cooked too quicky.

Add tamarind water and sambar powder.

In a seperate pan, heat up oil and add seasonning items and wait till they splutter. Run this over the sambar made.