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    Murungai Keerai Thoran Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Murungai Keerai Thoran Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Drumstick Leaves Thoran Recipe is made with drumstick leaves and coconut. Iron rich dish good for kids.

     

     

    Murungai Keerai Thoran Recipe (Drumstick Leaves Thoran Recipe)

    Awesome dish which travels straight from the region of Kerala into my kitchen. This dish has its unique flavour and taste to it. If you want to make this dish you need some preparation work to go on. First you should remove all the leaves from the branch, yes it need some patience and time. Then wash it well so that there is now yucky things on the leavesAfter all this you can get ready for the cooking. I have my lovable mom who made all these hard work and gave me those awesome leaves to cook. Lucky me.

    About Drumstick Leaves Thoran Recipe

    When we were kids Amma makes this for us often, since we had a drumstick tree in front of our house..She make this thoran and put it over hot steaming rice which came right from the cooker along with some homemade ghee drizzled on top. YUM YUM. It tasted like heaven..

    Last week I made this thoran along with Brinjal pulikulambu and Sepankilangu roast masala( recipe soon)..And it was a perfect lunch for us..Hope you like this recipe and let me know how it turned out.

     

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    Murungai Keerai Thoran Recipe | Drumstick Leaves Thoran Recipe

    Murungai Keerai Thoran Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Easy side dish made with drumstick leaves and coconut. Iron rich dish good for kids.
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 20 minutes mins
    Total Time 30 minutes mins
    Course Main Course, Side Dish
    Cuisine Indian, Kerala, South Indian
    Servings 4 servings
    Calories 338 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 4 cups Drumstick Leaves
    • 10 Sambar Onions | Shallots sliced finely
    • 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
    • 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
    • Salt to taste

    To Grind:

    • 1 cup Coconut
    • 2 Dry Red Chilli
    • 5 Garlic
    • 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
    • 3 Sambar Onion | Shallots

    Instructions
     

    • Grind all the ingredients given for grinding to a slightly coarse paste without adding  any water.Set this aside for a moment.
    • Heat  oil in a kadai. Add in mustard seeds, shallots, curry leaves and fry for 1 min.
    • Now add in drumstick leaves and sauté for 10 mins.Season with salt and mix well.
    • Now add the pureed coconut mixture to this and mix everything together.
    • Let it simmer for 5-10 mins while you stir in between. Let the flavours get all merged together.
    • Now remove it from heat and serve with rice..

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 1servingsCalories: 338kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 17gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 7mgPotassium: 790mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 234IUVitamin C: 565mgCalcium: 1059mgIron: 3mg
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    Murungai Keerai Thoran Recipe Step by Step Pictures

     
    Take all your ingredients

     

    Drumstick leaves all prepared and ready to go

     

    take your masala ingredients in a blender

     

    crush it into a rough puree

     

    heat oil in a kadai

     

    add mustard seeds

     

    add curry leaves in

     

    now add shallots

     

    fry for few minutes

     

    add drumstick leaves in

     

    and saute for few minutes

     

    add salt in this

     

    and mix well

     

    cook this for few more minutes until you gets a lovely aroma

     

    add the coconut masala in

     

    and cook for few more minutes

     

    serve
     
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    1. Nalini's Kitchen

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      healthy and delicious recipe,its been years since I had, mouthwatering recipe and craving for it after seeing the picture.I can imagine how tasty it would be from the picture.

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    2. Francesca

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      Wonderful dish! And I love the step by step instructions. All the best from Rome, Italy!

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    3. Ann@Anncoo Journal

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      This sounds interesting! I've never heard of drumstick leaves before. Wonder how its taste like.

      BTW please come to my site and join a Christmas giveaway ~ good luck 🙂

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    4. faseela

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      awesome n healthy thoran

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    5. Chitra

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      this is one dish i truely miss here ...i love this murunka keerai thoran...it tastes so different more tasty from other greens we use...

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    6. Federica

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      che meraviglia questa ricetta!!è sempre un piacere passare nel tuo blog!baci

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    7. Pushpa

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      Lovely greens,Yum!!

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    8. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

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      looks delicious and healthy.

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    9. Suja

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      Healthy and yummy thoran..love it

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    10. Madhavi

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      New for me but this thoran looks awesome!!!

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    11. Daksha

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      I learn this type of curry with my friend. it's very tasty and yummy with phulka. Thanks for sharing this follow u ....(vegetarian cooking diarys (daksha) ).

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    12. Shanthi

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      Healthy and yummy curry

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    13. Kalpana Sareesh

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      i love this so much one of my fav greens..

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    14. Ganga Sreekanth

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      soooooooo delicious..

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    15. Priya

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      Wat a healthy and inviting thoran..

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    16. divya

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      Drooling here......awesome recipe

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    17. Tina

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      Healthy and delicious thoran...

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    18. Padhu

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      Dear Aarthi
      Every week end I make drumstick leaves curry my way which I love very much .Today I tried your version and loved it very much.Thanks for the nice recipe. I add a handful of thinly chopped cabbage to this curry.Try it

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