A complete nutritious side dish called Moringa leaf also called as drumstick leaf for rice

Commonly found in most gardens in India, this is one of the best nutritious veggie rich in vitamins and minerals and is also an irresistible antioxidant.

Greetings dear friends, Hiveans and members of the Plant Power community.

With lot lot of nutritional values, this leaf is easy to cook and tasty to have it with hot rice. The colour itself shows its rich in dietary fibre.

So here is the easy to cook recipe.

INGREDIENTS

• Moringa (Drumstick leaves) - Around 15 stems

• Coconut - 1/4 th of a small Coconut

• Coconut oil - 1 tbsp

• Mustard seeds - 3/4 th tsp

• Raw rice - 1 tsp

• Shallots - around 10

• Garlic - 5 flakes

• Red pepper - 3 or more as per spice

• Cumin - a pinch (optional)

• Salt - as required

• Curry leaves - a handfull

PREPARATION METHOD

STEP - 1

Remove the leaves from the stem. Wash t thoroughly and place them in a strainer. Let the water get drained completely as they are leafy vegetables and they absorb water when placed in stove.

STEP - 2

Now keep a thick pan in the stove in a medium flame, add some coconut oil. Once hot, splutter some mustard seeds and then add some raw rice.

Once it turns to brown in colour, add the thinly cut length-wise shallots to this along with Dry red chillies.

Keep frying them for a minute. Now, add the Moringa leaf with the required salt and saute it for 4 - 5 minutes. Please do not close the lid during this cooking process.

Now add some grated coconut to this leaf mixture and saute for another 2 minutes.

Now switch off the flame. Your moringa leaf is ready to eat with hot rice.

Once a while eating this leaf is so healthy and refreshing.

Thankyou friends for your time and patience. All these photos were captured while cooking in my kitchen.