Drumstick Leaves / Murungai Keerai Soup

INGREDIENTS
Fresh Drumstick Leaves - 2 cups
Onions - 2 tbsp finely chopped
Tomato - 1 small
Garlic - 3 small cloves finely chopped
Black Peppercorns - ¼ Tsp
Salt - as required
Turmeric powder - ⅛ tsp
Water -1.5 cups
Sesame Oil- 1 Tsp
Cumin seeds - ½ tsp

INSTRUCTIONS
Wash drumstick leaves in running water well. Finely chop onions, tomato & garlic. Keep all the other ingredients ready. In a pressure cooker, heat a tsp of oil and add cumin seeds. Let it splutter. Then add peppercorns and garlic. Saute them for two minutes.
Now add onions. Fry them nicely until golden brown. Add in tomato and fry them until mushy.
Then add in washed drumstick leaves. Sprinkle required salt and turmeric powder. Give a quick stir.
Add 1.5 cups of water. Pressure cook everything together for two whistles in medium low flame. Once the pressure is released from the cooker, open it.
Strain the soup over a bowl with a strainer. Press it with a spoon to get more soup.

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