Name: Manathakkali-Drumstick Poricha Kootu recipe by Vidhya Venkat at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Manathakkali Keerai/Night Shade Green - 1 Bunch; Drumstick - 1 Nos; Turmeric powder - 1 pinch; Moong dal - 3 Tablespoon; Salt - to taste; To grind; Whole de-skinned Urad dal – ½ Tablespoon; Coriander seeds/Dhania – ½ Tablespoon; Whole red chilli – 2; Pepper corns – 1/2 tsp; Jeera – ½ tsp; Coconut (Scrapped) – 2 tablespoon; Oil – 1 tablespoon; To temper:; Mustard – ½ tsp; Split urad dal – ½ tablespoon; Jeera – ½ tsp; Curry leaves – 1 spring

ABOUT Manathakkali-Drumstick Poricha Kootu RECIPE

Manathakkali Keerai is used in many households in Tamilnadu. Adding Drumstick to Keerai gives sweet taste to bitter Keerai.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Manathakkali Keerai/Night Shade Green - 1 Bunch
Drumstick - 1 Nos
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
Moong dal - 3 Tablespoon
Salt - to taste
To grind
Whole de-skinned Urad dal – ½ Tablespoon
Coriander seeds/Dhania – ½ Tablespoon
Whole red chilli – 2
Pepper corns – 1/2 tsp
Jeera – ½ tsp
Coconut (Scrapped) – 2 tablespoon
Oil – 1 tablespoon
To temper:
Mustard – ½ tsp
Split urad dal – ½ tablespoon
Jeera – ½ tsp
Curry leaves – 1 spring

Instructions

Clean Manathakkali keerai by removing the leaves alone. You can include the flowers and fruit, if present in the bunch. One bunch of green will yield one packed cup of greens. Wash them and roughly chop the greens.
Cut the drumstick into 1’’inch long pieces
Cook the moong dal with turmeric powder in pressure cooker. Cook the green and the drumstick pieces separately. Green can be cooked in tawa itself as it normally takes about 3 minutes when covered. By this time greens would have cooked and
Now mix the cooked vegetables with dal in a container along with salt and keep aside.
In a kadai, add oil and heat. Once heated add urad dal, coriander seeds, chilli and pepper corn and fry till golden. Switch off and add jeera. In a mixer, grind these along with shredded coconut to form a smooth paste.
Combine this paste with the cooked dal and veggies and bring to boil stirring often.
Temper with the items given in temper list.

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