Healthy moringa leaves chutney

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Moringa tree / munaga chettu ( in Telugu ) is a wonderful gift to us by GOD through nature as every part of it is enriched with lot of nutritional and medicinal benefits to our overall health including hair and eyes.In fact the drum sticks the green stick like pods are very tasty and nutricious.They are used as curry, in pulusu, sambar etc. Even flowers can be used in stir fries. In fact every part of Moringa tree is beneficial for us. The leaves can be used in dals, chutneys, powders and in snacks also. Chutney with leaves can be prepared in various ways. Moringa leaves naturally have very little bitter ness. By adding different ingredients we can mask or reduce that bitter ness. Here iam preparing spicy moringa chutney which can be served with hot plain rice along with a tsp of ghee. It can be served with break fast items like idli/ dosa/ pongal/ upma in a little diluted form .
Ingredients:
Tender moringa leaves – 50 to 60 gms, leaves picked from stalks, washed thoroughly and put in collander to drain out water.
Salt,
Oil – 2 to 3 tablesp,
Onion – 2 medium, cut into small pieces,
Urad dal – 1 Tablesp,
Tomato – medium, 1,roughly cut into pieces,
Red chilli – 6 to 7,
Dhania seeds – 1 tablesp,
Jeera – 1/2 tsp,
Peeled garlic – 5 cloves,
Hing – 2 pinch,
Peanuts – 2 tablesp,dry fried and skin removed,
Method:
1).Heat oil in a kadai, add urad dal, red chilli, jeera, dhania seeds, fry under low flame till dal changes colour and releases nice aroma.
2).Add onion pieces, tomato pieces along with hing, garlic and fry till they become little mushy. Now add moringa leaves and fry well till raw smell disappears. Cool the ingredients.
3). First coursly powder the peanuts in a blender, add the fried ingredients along with salt, coriander leaves and tamarind paste. Grind them into a fine course paste.
4).No need to give tadka. It is optional. Serve this very healthy, tasty and spicy chutney with hot plain rice with little desi ghee/ break fast items like idli, dosa, upma, pongal etc.
Tip:
a).You can add raw onion pieces to prepared paste in blender and pulse once or twice to enhance the taste.

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