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Radish leaves stir fry or Moolangi soppina palya is a heathy, nutritious stir fry. This radish greens has many health benefits. These greens are rich in folic acid, iron, calcium and vitamin C. Most important thing is, these radish greens are used as a medicine for treating 'Jaundice, piles and rheumatism'. This stir fry is easy to make and tastes great with rice or roti.
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Servings: 3
Calories: 166kcal
Ingredients
- 1.5 cup Radish greens/leaves finely chopped
- 1/4 cup Toor dal
- 1/2 cup onion finely chopped
- 2 tbsp grated coconut
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp jaggery (optional)
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
For tempering:
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp chana dal
- 1/2 green chilli
- 1 tsp hing (asafoetida)
- 2 to 4 curry leaves
Instructions
Preparation for making Radish greens stir dry:
- Firstly wash radish greens 2 to 3 times in a clean water. cut the end of radish greens stem and finely chop the radish greens and keep it aside. Similarly finely chop onions and grate coconut.
- Again wash toor dal and keep it aside.
Method for making Radish leaves stir fry/ Moolangi Soppina Palya:
- Heat a sauce pan on medium flame and add washed toor dal. add 2 cups of water, turmeric powder and a drop of oil. Cover the lid.
- Cover the lid and cook for 10 to 15 mins until the toor dal gets cooked well. Do not over cook the toor dal. Otherwise it will be mushy and difficult while mixing with stir fry.
- Once toor dal is well cooked, keep it aside.
- Again heat a pan on low to medium flame and add coconut oil.
- Once the oil is moderately heat, add the ingredients like mustard, cumin, urad & chana dals, green chilli as per taste, hing and curry leaves
- Saute well for 2 to 3 mins until mustard & cumin splutters and also dals gets golden brown.
- Now add the chopped onions. Saute well until onions are translucent.
- Also add chopped radish greens. Mix it well until the water content in the radish leaves evaporates and cooked well.
- Similarly add salt and jaggery (optional).
- Give it a good mix again.
- Further add cooked toor dal and again mix it well. Turn off the heat.
- Squeeze lemon juice
- Finally add grated coconut and give it a good mix.
- Now the healthy, nutritious Radish greens stir fry/ Moolangi soppina palya is ready to serve.
- Enjoy this with chapati, roti or with rice also.
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