DRUMSTICK LEAVES & VALAIPOO PORIYAL

This poriyal may look very simple.
Its very tasty eaten with plain steaming rice.
Lots of iron in the drumstick leaves.
I see that this cheap drumstick leaves , in different forms, are in our menu at least once a week. Kugan98


DRUMSTICK LEAVES & VALAIPOO PORIYAL

Ingredients:

1 cup cleaned and chopped valaipoo in thin mooru
1 cup cleaned and washed drumstic leaves
1 tbs coconut grated
1 tsp oil
2 shallots sliced finely
¼ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp urad dal
½ tsp channa dal
1 dried chillie cut into pieces
A pinch of asafoetida powder
Salt to taste.

Method:

Heat a wok with the oil, add in the mustard seeds,
urad dal, channa dal, asafoetida powder, dried chillieand the sliced shallots. Saute well.

Add in the drumstick leaves. And the squeezed valaipoo.
Since they will have little water contents, you need not add water.

On low heat keep on stirring the contents.
Add in the salt, cover and cook for about 5 minutes.

Remove the cover and stir till the mixture is cooke and looks dry a bit.
Now add in the grated coconut, stir fry well and remove.
Serve with steaming hot rice.