Drumstickleaves upma

DrumStickLeaves Upma:(murungakeerai upma)


Ingredients:

Drumstick leaves - 11/2 cups

Rava  -  2 cups

Shallots(pearl onion)  - 6  or 8

Tomato  -  1(small)

Ginger - small piece

Green chilli  - 1(small)

salt   -as per taste
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Water - 3cups

Ghee- 1/2 tsp(optional)

For Seasoning:

Mustard  -  3/4 tsp

curry Leaves  - few

dried red chilli       -1

oil     -   limit to ur own

                        1. Dry roast rava for few seconds. when it gives light aroma,taken from flame.keep it aside.

                        2. Heat oil in pan,add pieces of dried red chilli,mustard  when splutters add curry leaves ( if u like  to add bengal gram dal ,add 1/2 tsp of  bengal gram dal- My kid doesnt like bengal gram dal as a whole so we are not  interested to add bengal gram dal in our dishes).

                         3. Add  chopped small onions,chopped tomato and chopped ginger,everything should be finely chopped.saute well.Add halved grrn chilli.

                         4. Add turmeric powder,drumstick leaves,salt and cook for 2 minutes. Add water and when it turn boils,keep flame in slow,add roasted rava.Add ghee for enhance the flavour atlast.When rava fully absorbs water ,close the lid.Keep simmer for  few minutes.   Serve  hot with coconut chutney or  curry leaves idli podi.      
                         
                       
                     It is quite easy  receipe to prepare for breakfast tiffin and slight different to make from normal upma. Its one of my kid favourite dish .I saw this receipe in TV show. This receipe is most  useful for working peoples who  want the dish healthy one.

  Benefits of Drumstick leaves::
                                                                            7 times of  Vitamin C of oranges
                                                     
                                                                            4 times of Vitamin A  of  Carrot
              Very tiny leaves      =====>>                      
                                                                            4 times of calcium of milk
                        
                                                                            3 times  of  potassium of bananas


                                                                            2 times  of protein of yogurt