Moringa/Drumstick Leaves Powder Recipe
Moringa plant is beginning to gain more popularity as a new “superfood” for its highly nutritious profile and powerful anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and tissue-protective properties among many other health benefits.
Moringa oleifera, also known as horseradish tree, ben tree, or drumstick tree, is a small tree from India, Pakistan, and Nepal that has been used for generations in Eastern countries to treat and prevent diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, anemia, arthritis, liver disease, and respiratory, skin, weight gain and digestive disorders.
Moringa has become popular as a natural leaf powder supplement, although the pods, roots, bark, flowers, seeds, and fruits are also edible. It is used as a traditional remedy for many ailments. (Read more-mindbodygreen).
Prep time
5 mins
Dry time
3 days
Total time
3 days 5 mins
Author: Neha Sharma
Prep time
5 mins
Dry time
3 days
Dry time
3 days
Total time
3 days 5 mins
Author: Neha Sharma
Ingredients-
- Moringa/Drumstick Leaves- 2 Large Bowls
Method-
- Wash the moringa leaves thoroughly with fresh water.
- Keep them on a cotton cloth, once all the water dries up. Pluck the leaves in a bowl and discard the stems.
- Once all the leaves are collected cover them with a dry cotton cloth and let the leaves shade dry completely until they shrunk and become crunchy.
- This process may take upto 5 days but make sure not to sun dry the leaves.
- Once the leaves are completely shrunked and while touching them you can hear crunchy crisp sound (Refer Image Below) (You can also store dried leaves in an air tight container and use it while preparing dry veggies and gravies).
- Transfer them into a dry mixer grinder and grind until it turns into fine powder.
- Store this powder in an air tight container and away from the sunlight.
- You can use this powder in making tea, chapati/Bread, Rice, veggies etc.
