Drumstick Leaves Dal

I love love love Andhra food. I was exposed to Andhra food much later in life in my early 20s. I loved going to this one Andhra restaurant in BengaLuru which served vegetarian lunch menu on a banana leaf. Their pickles, chutneys and pappus were out of this world. I was frequenting that restaurant quite often. After a while my body just couldn’t handle the heat and I had to forcefully stop myself from going there. Once in a while I crave that kind of food, but how much ever I try I can’t bring myself to make it that spicy at home.   

Coming to the recipe, Drumstick leaves(moringa leaves) is considered super potent and healthy. I find separating leaves from the stalks painful, but I still get it for its health benefits. This dal is very flavorful and made in Andra style. Do try! 

Nuggekayi soppu bassaru/ Drumstick leaves rasam

Bassaru is saaru(rasam) made from strained water after cooking dal. Bassaru is generally made with an accompanying palya/sabzi. In the previous post, I wrote about making palya/sabzi, here I give how to make bassaru. 

Enjoy some hot and healthy nugge soppu bassaru - palya with some rice and ghee. 

Do try!

Nuggekayi soppu Palya/ Drumstick leaves sabzi

Continuing with my streak of healthy recipes, today I present to you nuggesoppu(drumstick leaves) palya-bassaru combo(sabzi-rasam combo) in two posts. I didn’t know that some leafy vegetables(spinach, dill etc) can be eaten in basaaru-palya combination until my friend Lalitha told me about it.. 

Last summer I had some knee issues and thankfully I got to know that drumstick leaves/nugge soppu is some wonder food which helps in this area. So I browsed for recipes and came to know that bassaru-palya is a popular way of consuming it. Taking the leaves out of stalks was little tedious, otherwise making saaru-palya was relatively easy. Tasted heavenly with rice! 
Link for bassaru(rasam) here.

Do try!