Drumstick soup also known as murungakkai soup is one of the healthiest soup you can enjoy during cold winter days. Drumsticks are high in vitamins and antioxidants which helps cure common cold and flu like my drumstick leaves soup. Learn how to make delicious drumstick soup with step by step pictures and video.
Drumstick Soup
Healthy and nutritious drumstick soup which taste so delicious. It is rich in iron and is full of health benefits. This soup taste amazing with some toasted bread sticks. Drumsticks are rich in iron so it is very healthy to consume this soup at least once a week. This is great for kids and adults.
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About Drumstick Soup (Murungakkai Soup)
Drumstick is one of the healthy vegetables that you can include in your diet. It is rich in vitamins, anti oxidants which helps in curing common cold, flu. The anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties of drumstick helps in relieving from asthma, cough, other respiratory problems. Did you know that drumstick and drumstick leaves are rich in iron so it is important to include them in your daily diet.
Drumstick soup also known as murungakkai, saijan ki phalli soup has numerous health benefits. Drumsticks is avoided by people and kids because of the cumbersome process of peeling and eating. Hence this soup is a great way to include drumstick in your kids diet. If you want another easy soup, you check my Drumstick leaves soup.
This recipe uses drumstick which is cooked and flesh removed. The flesh is sauted with onion and garlic and ground to a puree to make this soup. The soup doesn't has milk or cream added. The ground drumstick flesh along with onions and garlic naturally provides the creamy texture.
Consume this drumstick soup on a weekly basis and gets it health benefits.
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Drumstick Soup Ingredients
Drumstick - use young drumsticks which has tender seeds which cooks faster and makes the flesh remove easily from drumsticks. Drumsticks can be cooked in an open pot for 10 minutes. You can cook in pressure cooker for 2 whistle.
Onion or Shallots - onions is sauted with ghee to add flavour. Instead of onions you can use shallots.
Garlic - use whole garlic cloves which is cooked in ghee for flavour. You can add more or less depending on how garlicky you want to the soup to be.
Ghee - pure desi ghee is added in making of soup to make it even more tasty.
Spice Powders - cumin powder, pepper powder are the main flavouring.
Hack for Easy Drumstick Soup
In this recipe I have shared recipe which involves cooking drumsticks separately and removing flesh from it. The flesh is then pureed to make the base of the soup. But if you don't have that much time on hand, you can follow this easy hack for making drumstick soup.
Cut drumstick into small pieces, boil them and take the whole drumstick in a blender with skin and all. Puree till smooth. Now you can strain the stock and make the soup. This method extracts maximum drumstick flavour, but the only drawback is the soup will be thin. But flavours will be still there.
How to Make Drumstick Soup (Stepwise Pictures)
Cooking Drumsticks
1)Take drumstick and cut in half which makes the drumstick cooks faster. You can cook drumstick whole as well.
2)Take drumstick in a cooking pot or pressure cooker.
3)Cover with water. Add water to immerse the drumstick. Also this will turn into drumstick stock.
4)Bring the drumstick to a full boil. Cook for 10 minutes till drumstick is completely cooked.
5)Now the drumsticks are completely cooked. You can taste the drumstick to check whether it is cooked completely.
Removing Flesh from Drumstick
6)Strain the cooked drumstick through a sieve. Allow the drumstick to cool completely which makes the peeling process easier.
7)Once the drumstick is cooled enough to handle. Take a drumstick in your hands and use the spoon to scoop out the flesh. It will be easy to scoop the cooked drumstick flesh using your spoon.
8)This is the drumstick outer skin, you can discard this.
9)Take the drumstick flesh in a separate bowl and reserve the cooking stock in separate bowl.
Saute Onions & Garlic
10)Heat ghee in a pot. Add in onions or shallots. Saute the onions for 1 minute till golden.
11)Add in peeled garlic cloves and mix well. Cook this for few minutes.
13)Add in the drumstick flesh and mix once.
Grinding Drumstick Soup
14)Take the cooked drumstick in a blender. We are going to grind into a smooth puree.
15)You can add some of the drumstick stock into the cooked drumstick when grinding.
Making Drumstick Soup
16)Take the stick in a sauce pot. Bring it to a full boil.
17)Add in the drumstick puree into the stock. This puree adds the creamy texture naturally to the soup.
18)Mix well and cook for few minutes.
19)Add in roasted cumin powder and mix well. This adds a smoky aroma to the soup.
20)Season the soup with salt.
21)Add in black pepper powder to taste.
22)Bring the soup to a full boil. As the soup boils, there will be a scum forming on top.
23)Gently remove the scum formed on top using a ladle and discard the scum.
24)Discard the scum on top.
25)Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
26)Mix well. Drumstick soup is ready to serve.
27)Delicious drumstick soup is ready to serve.
Expert Tips
- Use tender drumstick for taste and texture. it also helps remove the flesh easier.
- Cut drumstick into large pieces in half which makes the cooking process faster.
- Instead of onions you can use shallots. Garlic can be increased if you want the soup to be garlicky.
- Ghee adds so much flavour, but you can use oil instead of ghee.
FAQ
What is the benefits of drumstick soup?
Drumstick is one of the healthy vegetables that you can include in your diet. It is rich in vitamins, anti oxidants which helps in curing common cold, flu. The anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties of drumstick helps in relieving from asthma, cough, other respiratory problems. Did you know that drumstick and drumstick leaves are rich in iron so it is important to include them in your daily diet.
Is eating drumstick good for you?
Drumstick has tons of health benefits in them which is good for us.
When should I drink drumstick soup?
It is best to consumer drumstick soup in the morning on afternoon for lunch. Drumstick soup is a comforting soup that is best to consume during winter and summer days.
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Drumstick Soup Recipe | Murungakkai Soup Recipe
Equipment
- Cooking pot
- Blender
Ingredients
- 2 large Drumsticks cut into long pieces & sliced in half
- 1 tsp Ghee
- ¼ cup Shallots | Onion chopped finely
- 3 cloves Garlic
- 1 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
- ½ tsp Black Pepper powder
- 1 tsp Salt to taste
- 3 tbsp Coriander Leaves finely chopped
Instructions
- Take drumstick in a sauce pan, cover with water. Cook till drumstick is done. Cool it down, strain it using a sieve. Remove the flesh from the drumsticks. Reserve the stock and flesh.
- Heat ghee in a pot. Add onions and garlic and saute for a min. Add drumstick flesh and mix well. Take it in a blender and puree till smooth.
- Take stock and puree in a sauce pan. Bring it to a full boil. Remove the scum formed on top using a ladle. Simmer for 5 mins. Add cumin powder, salt and pepper. Add coriander leaves and mix well. Serve hot.
Notes
- Use tender drumstick for taste and texture. it also helps remove the flesh easier.
- Cut drumstick into large pieces in half which makes the cooking process faster.
- Instead of onions you can use shallots. Garlic can be increased if you want the soup to be garlicky.
- Ghee adds so much flavour, but you can use oil instead of ghee.
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Aysha
What abt the seed should v discard or grind it together?
Aarthi
grind it together
Kasthu
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Antony
The soup came out very well.. Thankyou for the recipe....!
Shweta
Turned out delicious🥰
K P Megalai
Lovely recipe….. love ur work
Shruti M
This is a fantastic and simple recipe. I totally recommend it. Tried it today and loved the flavour. It’s a good way to use murungka in a non South Indian flavour.
Aarthi
glad you tried and liked it. Thanks again for sharing your results.