In Kannada, Mullangi means radish, soppu means greens. Thovve in a literal sense in Kannada means dal (lentils). It also has another meaning as a dal-based dish, eaten with rice and / Chapatis in a Karnataka household. It oozes comfort food quality and is made regularly in households. Thovve is generally thickish and has veggies and dal in almost equal proportion.
We make thovve more in summers - its light, filling yet nutritious with a variety of gourds, mangalore cucumber, or greens. If you add a bit of ground masala and tamarind along with other spices ,it becomes Huli Thovve (huLi - tart/tangy) which is served at weddings and special occasions. HuLi Thovve however is made with very few select vegetables and no greens are added.
We use greens in a variety of dishes from Thepla, Sambhar, Podi (spice powders) Poriyal(dry saute), Dal etc. Aruna gave us #GoGreen - as the theme this week where we could make any dish with green leaves. Rich in mineral content and iron, leafy vegetables helps prevent iron deficiency. Inclusion of these greens in our everyday diet, especially for children helps build strong health.
Today's dish is an ultra simple vegan, no onion no garlic dish made with radish leaves and fresh moringa that's flooded the markets. This dal / thovve with some cooked quinoa and a bowl of aloo-capsicum sabji made our light summer lunch recently.
Let's see how to make it in under 30 mins.
Low cal, low carb Mullangi Soppu Thovve
Cuisine: Indian, Course: Side dish, Spice level - low
Serves: 2~3
PIN FOR LATER
You need:
Radish leaves - 1 large bunch - wash well and chop fine
Oil - 1 tsp
Moringa leaves - ¼ cup (opt.) - wash well and chop
Moong dal - ¼ cup (soaked for 30 mins in 1 cup water)
Turmeric - a pinch
Salt - to taste
Tempering : Mustard seeds 1 tsp, broken red chillies - 2
Garnish - fresh / frozen grated coconut 2 tsp
How to:
In a kadai / pan, heat the oil. Splutter the tempering, once done, add the chopped radish and moringa leaves and saute for 2-3 mins on low flame. Now add the soaked moong dal along with soaked water, add salt and turmeric and ¼ cup more water.
Cover and cook for 15 mins till dal is cooked and mushy. check for salt and spice. Add the grated coconut and serve hot.
You may add a dash of lemon juice to this, but we like all the thovve as is.
Vasusvegkitchen says
Mullangi thove looks very tasty kalyani, we need thovve daily at my place. Your version thovve using mullangi yelle sounds interesting. I prepare curry with mullangi leaves,never tried thovve, wil try this one soon????.
Kalyani says
thats nice to know you guys also love thovve, Aruna. Do try this with the soppu - am sure you would like it a lot
Archana says
Now is the last of the mulangi greens I will get will definitely love this dal. This dal is totally new to me at first I thought it was muddi plays. Drooling here.
Kalyani says
yes, last of the radish greens here too. The fresh ones in winter make the best thovve, but these ones were also surprisingly delicious ...
Priya Iyer says
I love using mullangi greens in a Gujarat style sabzi with besan. Haven't tried it this way ever.
The thovve sounds so flavourful and hearty! I'm sure my family will love it. I'm going to try this out soon. 🙂
Kalyani says
Now, thats a new dish for me priya - leaves sabji with besan. Would surely look it up.. yes, please do try this, its delicious.
preethi'scuisine says
Thovve with radish greens is absolutely nutritious and delicious. Just love this simple and quick dish.
Mayuri Patel says
An interesting preparation with radish leaves. Will have to try using them with dal as usually I make a dry radish leaves and radish sabji with besan or use it in theplas.
cookwithrenu says
I love to add greens to my dal as it increases the nutritional content of it. But I never attempted to add radish and morigna together. Would love to try this delicious recipe.
Sujata Roy says
Moringa moong dal radish lemon juice coconut wow I can imagine the taste. Loved this healthy and delicious sabji. Easy quick simple yet mouthwatering recipe.
Swati says
So nutritious and delicious dal with radish leaves sounds so rich in flavours.. I make radish leaves Subzi but never tried in dal..tempted to try this....
parwatisingari says
amma tayi, thanks for reminding me about this.
Kalyani says
dhanyavaadagalu 🙂 amma tayi lol !! ????????????