Drumstick soup recipe with video

Drumstick soup recipe, Murungakkai soup recipe – How to make Drumstick soup – Healthy soup recipe with short video.

We South Indians typically add drumstick to sambar, vatha kuzhambu, or poricha kootu. Last time during my trip to India, I saw a few of my friends and relatives. Although they liked the flavour of murungakkai (drumstick), they didn’t like to eat the cooked drumstick because they dislike the fibrous part.

Even at my home, my daughter, who loves the flavour of the murungakkai, doesn’t eat the vegetable in any gravy. So I decided to make a soup, and it is a super hit in the family. So if you have anyone who hates to eat the drumstick, do try this way

Drumstick | murungakkai are loaded with nutrients, and they are a great source of fibre as well. We are not adding any cornstarch to this soup, but we are adding moong dal to this soup, which gives thickness to the soup.

Also check out my Ragi soup recipe, Drumstick leaves soup

• Add butter to a pressure cooker/pan.
• Now add one bay leaf, green chili, garlic cloves, ½ portion of tomato, few coriander stems and 1 tbsp moong dal to this.
• Saute for a minute and add chopped drumstick. I used 1.5 drumsticks.
• Add 1 cup of water, little salt, turmeric powder and fennel seeds.

• Cover and close the cooker.
• Pressure cook for 3 whistles
• Open the cooker once the pressure subsides, cool everything.

• Grind everything
• Add 1 cup water while grinding
• Strain this well.

• Add water while straining
• Discard the fibre.
• Add salt, pepper powder and mix well.
• Let this boil and switch off.
• Drumstick soup is ready.

Notes:

• You can add ½ onion while cooking the drumsticks
• You can skip the tomato and add lemon juice towards the end
• Masoor dal can be replaced with yellow moong dal.
• You can also add a tbsp of millet to enhance the thickness of the soup.