A delicious stew made from fresh moringa blossoms and chana dal. A south-indian style dal, made with aromatic chana dal. This delish kootu pairs well with rice and flatbreads.
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Moringa Health Benefits
Moringa flowers or blossoms are a delicacy in many cuisines. These fresh blossoms can be made into a salad or into a dal, fried as a snack or can be enjoyed as a tea. The numerous health benefits of this humble flower make them quite popular in traditional medicine.
Every part of a moringa tree is useful. In villages you will find a Moringa and a neem tree in almost every house. The pods, leaves and blossoms of the moringa tree are edible and are nutritious and healthy.
Check these recipes with Moringa produce
- Moringa leaves stir-fry
- Kuzhambu | Tamarind Gravy with Drumstick
- Moringa leaves sambar
- Udupi style sambar
- Moringa leaves soup
How Amma makes Moringa Stir-fry
Few More Spinach Recipes
Ingredients to make Chana dal Kootu
- Drumstick blossoms , This exotic kootu recipe uses drumstick blossoms, depending upon the regions, these are seasonal, you will get them in the market when the moringa trees are in full bloom.
- Dal : This delish moringa blossom dal uses chana dal. Dal adds volume and creaminess to the kootu. You can also use split moong dal or a combination of moong and chana for the dal.
- Spices : This moringa flower dal uses only green chilies for the spice, along with fresh coconut and tomatoes for the flavor.
- Tempering : The regular Indian tempering ingredients like mutard seeds, hing and curry leaves are used.
Stepwise Instructions to make Moringa blossom Dal
Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions
- Check the moringa blossoms for any wilted or spoilt ones. Clean and wash them well in water and let it drain completely in a colander.
- Pressure cook chana dal for 4-5 whistles or until soft. Soaking Chana dal overnight, makes it easy to cook soft.
- Heat a kadai or a heavy bottom pan with oil for tempering. When hot, splutter mustard seeds, add hing and curry leaves and saute.
- Now to this hot tempering, add chopped chilies and saute. Add tomatoes to this and saute for a minute.
- Now to this add cleaned and washed moringa blossoms, saute well. Cover and cook for 8-10 minutes, until they turn soft.
- To this now add pressure cooked chana dal, grated coconut and salt. Add a cup of water to this and let it simmer for another 10 minutes for it to become saucy.
- Once done, remove it from heat and serve it warm along with rice.
Murungai poo Kootu/Drumstick flower Dal
Equipment
- Sauce pan
Ingredients
- 3 cups Drumstick flowers/Murungai poo/Moringa blossoms
- ¾ cup Chana dal/Kadalai paruppu/Gram dal
- 1 medium tomato finely chopped
- ¼ cup fresh coconut frozen coconut can also be used
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
Tempering
- 2 teaspoon oil any vegetable oil or coconut oil
- 6-7 green chilies split lengthwise
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ¼ tsp hing/asafoetida
- a sprig of curry leaf
Instructions
- Clean and wash drumstick blossom, there is a chance of little bugs, so clean thoroughly I normally spread it on flat plate,look for any spoilt blossoms/leaves, remove it and then wash them in batches in water.
- Soak the chana dal atleat an hour before cooking. Pressure cook chana dal/gram dal for 4-5 whistles or until soft.
- Heat a kadai, heat oil for tempering, splutter mustard seeds, add hing and curry leaves. Add green chilies and saute for a minute.
- Add tomatoes and cook until soft and oil separates. Now add washed drumstick blossoms and saute well. Cover and cook for 8-10 minutes, until the blossoms are cooked.
- Next add cooked chana dal, coconut and salt and 1 cup of water to this.Mix well.
- Let it simmer for another 10 minutes. Remove from heat and serve with Rice.
- I packed this for my hubby's lunch along with roti's and bhindi paneer
Nutrition
Disclaimer
I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.
Torviewtoronto
looks fabulous wonderful presentation
Unknown
wow this looks fab. never heard about cooking with drumstick blossom...nice post
nandoos kitchen
healthy kootu.
On-going event: Healthy vegetarian side dishes.
Srivalli
Wow I have never cooked with those blossoms Priya..do you get all this at your place..very nice..:)
Saras
I almost forgot this kuttu after coming to US.. You tempted me with your clicks..Now where I will get this lovely blossom:(
Unknown
wow such an flavorful and yummy kootu 🙂 looks super inviting !!
Chef Mireille
looks so nice and creamy
Unknown
Murungai poo kootu looks very awesome, creamy too 🙂
Sujas Kitchen
My MIL prepares dishes with these blossoms. Consider yourself lucky, you found them in Dubai. I have never set my eyes on this tree, here. Delicious kootu, Priya.
Unknown
Lovely dish... had dishes with murungai leaves but never with poo, must have tasted awesome
Usha
Interesting to know you can make dal even with blossoms of drumstick. Dal looks really good and a nutritious one.
Lata Lala
Drumsticks and blossoms are my favorite too.We make sabzi, tikkis and raita using drumstick blossoms.
The recipe of making Murungai poo Kootu/Drumstick flower Dal is so new to me.
Lovely share
Pavani
Never tried drumstick blossoms. Sounds healthy and very exotic 🙂 Kootu looks creamy and delicious.
Mayuri Patel
For me this is an exotic curry dish. Such a wonderful recipe using drumstick flowers. Would love to give this curry a try whenever I'm able to get some drumstick flowers.
Shailender Sharma
Never tried hand on drumstick but it looks to be inviting recipe with easy ingredients. Full of flavours full of taste
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
Wow! I never tasted anything with the murungai poo. This kootu sounds amazing and it comes with the added health benefit too! We get drumstick leaves here once in a while, but the flowers would be a delicacy.
Uma Srinivas
Yummy and healthy kootu. Here very rarely I get drumstick leaves. this recipe reminded me to do that 🙂
Swati
Never tried drumsticks flowers would love to try it whenever I can get these flowers. I love the sound of this curry.. looks so inviting with some steamed rice on side..
sasmita
Kootu made using fresh drumstick flowers is a lovely idea. as the season is here for those flowers one should make this yummy dish !
Anshu
I love having drumstick flowers sabzi whenever they are in season. Being a punjabi, we make it in different style, but, I am sure, this South Indian style kootu comes out equally delicious and yummy. Would love to have it some crisp dosa.