Murunga Keerai Soup/Drumstick soup

Ingredients:

Moong dal - 1/4 cup

Water - 4-5 cups

Garlic - 7-8 gloves

Onion - 1/2 sliced 

Tomato - 3-4 chopped

Drumstick leaves - 1 cup

Green chilli - 2 slit

Cinnamon stick - 1"

Cloves - 3 nos 

Salt - to taste 

To Grind:

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Pepper - 8 nos

Fennel seeds - 1 tsp

Curry leaves -  few

Red chilli - 1 no

Method:

  * cook 1/4 cup of broken split green gram dhal along 3-4 chopped tomatoes, 7-8 whole garlic(optional) with 4-5 cups of water in pressure cooker (for 4-5 whistles) till the dhal and tomatoes have mixed well. Grind 1tsp each of fennel, cumin, black pepper and keep aside. 

* Heat oil in a pan, add 1' cinnamon, 3 cloves, sliced 1/2 medium onion, the drumstick leaves about a cup, 3-4 slit green chillies, the grinded powder,saute well. Add this to the green gram water,mix well  let it cook for another 10min. Add enough water for soup consistency,then add salt. For extra flavor add 1tsp of ghee to it. Have it warm.

Kavitha Sundhar's Recipe. Thanks Kavitha :)

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Mythili Thiyagu