20/07/2026
🌿 Moringa Rice (Murungaikeerai Podi Sadam)
A quick, wholesome meal packed with flavour using Jaanu’s Murungaikeerai Podi.
Ingredients
* 2 cups hot cooked rice
* 1 onion, finely chopped
* 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
* 2–3 tsp Jaanu’s Murungaikeerai Podi
* 1 tsp ghee
* A pinch of black mustard seeds
* A pinch of white mustard seeds
* ½ tsp cumin (jeera)
* A few curry leaves
* A pinch of hing (asafoetida)
* 2 dried red chillies
* Salt to taste
* Fresh coriander, chopped
* A drizzle of ghee or sesame oil
Method
1. Prepare and make the base
* Chop the onion, garlic and coriander.
* Keep your hot cooked rice ready.
* Heat a pan and add the ghee.
* Add the black mustard seeds, white mustard seeds and cumin.
* Once they begin to splutter, add the curry leaves, hing and dried red chillies.
* Add the chopped onion, garlic and a pinch of salt.
* Sauté for about 2 minutes until the onions turn soft.
3. Add the flavour and mix the rice
* Sprinkle 2–3 teaspoons of Jaanu’s Murungaikeerai Podi into the pan.
* Stir gently and cook for another minute until aromatic.
* Add the hot rice and drizzle a little ghee or sesame oil.
* Mix everything well until the rice is evenly coated.
5. Serve
* Garnish with fresh coriander.
* Serve hot with crispy appalam, vathal, pickle or curd.
✨ Simple. Nutritious. Ready in under 10 minutes.
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