Drumstick Leaves Soup

    
        

      Drumstick  Leaves Soup:

          Drumstick leaves means in tamil Murungai keerai. This soup is a light runny gravy with keerai and coconut milk, goes well with steamed rice.

                                   

                     

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 30 mins

Serves : 3

Ingredients :

·        Rice rinsed water (kayani thani) – 2 cups

·        Drumstick leaves – 1 cup tightly packed

·        Small onion – 8 to 10

·        Salt as needed

·        Oil – 1 spn

For grinding :

·        Coconut – ½ cup

·        Cumin seeds – 1 spn

·        Pepper – 1 spn  or pepper powder – 1 spn

Preparation :

·        Soak the raw rice with 2 cups of water for 15 mins,rinse the raw water and collect  the water in a bowl.

·        Grind  coconut along with cumin seeds and  pepper  into a fine paste with ¼ cup of water .keep it aside.

·        Discard the stem and take out the leaves  from keerai.

·        Method :

·        Heat  the oil in the pan and sauté small onions for few mins.

·        Then add rice rinsed water ,spinach and salt and cover it cook for 15 mins till the bitterness of the leaves goes off.

·        Atlast add the grinded paste ,let it cook for 5 mins.check the salt.

·        Switch off the flame..Done!
                                       

Creamy soup is ready.. J serve with hot rice with potato fry or any other spicy sidedish of your choice.