Murungakkai Soup (Drum stick soup)
Many of us could never have thought that soups can be made out of murungakkai. All of us love the taste and smell of this. Murungakkai sambar will turn out well even for beginners who don’t know to cook, as the taste and smell of the vegetable will make it tasty however we cook. Nutritional value of this veg is also very high. There are many jokes relating to this veg which many of us know. Give little soup to the small kids at home. They will love it

This time when I went to chettinad, I happened to taste this soup in one house. Usually in chettinad clear soups are made. Tomato soup and cauliflower soup is the most common. Chundakkai soup and karugappilai soup will also be made at home (not during functions).It was first time that I was tasting this soup. It was very tasty .I asked for the recipe immediately and tried it soon after coming home and took the snaps also to blog the recipe

Now a days I am little lazy in writing blogs.Though I can give many reasons for this, loosing interest is the main reason behind. I know, it happens to all of us sometime at some stage. But due to the continuous interest and support shown by my loving readers, I try to rejuvenate the interest and keep on writing to help the younger ones in cooking (the main purpose of my blog).

Ingredients
Thoor dhal-A handful
Drum stick-2(10 to 12 pieces)
Tomato-1
Green chillies-3
Turmeric powder-1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaf –little
Coriander leaf-little
Big onion-1
Pepper powder-1 teaspoon
To season
Cinamon-2 small pieces
Cardamom-1
Clove-2
Birinji leaf-a small one
Curry leaf-little
Fennel seed-1 teaspoon pepper corns-1 teaspoon
Cumin seed-1 teaspoon
Procedure
Cook the drum stick pieces in 4 cups of water in a vessel. Once the drum stick pieces are cooked well, take out the pieces and keep the water aside to be used later(The water in in which it is cooked will have all the flavour of the drumstick). Once the drum stick pieces are cold, break it open and with the help of a spoon take the pulp out. Cook the thoor dhal also well in the cooker. Chop the onion and tomato pieces nicely. Split the green chili

Keep the kadai in the stove. In little ghee or oil season the soup with the items given in to season. Now add the onion, tomato and chili and sauté well .Mix the dhal with the water in which drum stick is cooked. Add this water to the kadai. Once this boils add the pulp taken from the drum stick pieces and the salt needed also. Let the soup boil for 5 to 6 minutes. Meantime check for consistency and taste. If any taste is missing you can add this at this stage. Before switching off the stove add pepper powder if you want the soup hot. Garnish with coriander leaves