Drumstick is one of the most favourite vegetables of my husband. He never gets tired of it. I can comfortably feed him one dish made of drumstick every day. He not only likes to eat but also loves propagating it to others to include this in their diet given its high iron content. Wherever we move, he plants this tree there successfully.
Of late there is so much talk about the goodness of this vegetable including its leaves. Not many people know about drumstick. We South Indians eat the vegetables and the leaves. But my Punjabi friends use flowers. But in Rajasthan, most people are not aware of this vegetable barring Sindhis. So when I made soup with the leaves, my staff was surprised and asked me what kind of dish I was making. I try to teach them how to use drumstick and its leaves and its benefits.
This soup can be made in a jiffy. Not many ingredients are required but it makes for a very healthy soup. This is my third and last post for this week. Here is the recipe.
INGREDIENTS:
1. Drumstick leaves: 1 small cup
2. Onion: 1 small
3. Garlic: 3nos
4.Ginger: 1-inch piece
5. Tomato: 1 medium
6. Cornflour: 1 teaspoon
7. Ghee/ clarified butter: 1teaspoon
8. Jeera powder: 1/2 teaspoon
9. Salt & pepper: To taste
10 Water: 3 cups (250 to 300 ml approx)
METHOD:
1. Heat ghee in a pan. Add crushed garlic and ginger and fry till the garlic turns golden brown. Then add the chopped onions and fry till it is translucent. Now add the grated tomato and cook till tomato is done.
2. Add the cleaned drumstick leaves and saute for 2 or 3 minutes, taking care not to burn till the leaves start shrinking. Add salt and water. Cover and cook until the leaves are done on simmer.
3. Strain the soup. Mix the cornflour with half a cup of water add to the soup. Let it boil for a while. Add roasted jeera powder and pepper and serve.
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6 comments:
Wow, drumstick leaves in a soup sounds so interesting and delicious. That is a very healthy recipe too. Thanks for sharing this with us.
That's an interesting soup which is healthy and delicious.
A very unique and healthy soup. Thanks for sharing.
We hardly see drumstick here and even less the leaves, but this looks like such an interesting recipe to try. I would love to sample it at least once.
Nowadays drumstick leaves are the new super food back home. Mom is trying include it in diet. Soup sounds interesting. Nice dish to incorporate this nutritious leaves in diet.
very healthy and nutritious soup. would love to have it with some toast.
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