Drumstick Dal Curry

Ingredients

Tuvar dal – 1 cup

Drum stick – 2 to 3 cut into pieces

Onion – 1 small

Ginger garlic chopped – 1 tsp

Tomato – 1

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Green chillli – 2

Tamarind pulp – 1 tbl.sp

Few curry leaves

Salt as per taste

For tampering

Mustard seed – 1 tsp

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Red chilli – 2

Few curry leaves

Method

First pressure cook dal with tomato, onion, ginger garlic, turmeric powder, green chilli and curry leaves.

When dal is cooked, add drumstick cut into 2 ½ inch pieces and tamarind pulp and salt and cook till soft. Do not pressures cook it as it may break.

Heat 1 tsp of oil and tamper with mustard seed, cumin seeds, red chilli and curry leaves.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice or roti

Drumstick Masala

Ingredients

Drumstick – ½ kg

Ginger garlic paste- 1 tsp

Coriander powder – 2 tsp

Cumin powder – 1 tsp

Green chilli – 2

Turmeric powder- ¼ tsp

Tomato – 3

Potato – 1

Mustard seed – 1 tsp

Few curry leaves

Red chilli powder and salt as per taste

Coriander leaves

Roast and make a paste of

Onion – 1

Coconut grated – 5 tbl.sp

Cloves – 3

Cinnamon – 1 small piece

Method

First roast and make a paste of the given ingredients.

Peel the skin of drumstick and cut  into 2 ½ inch. Heat oil  in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add green chilli and curry leaves and sauté for few seconds.  Then add ginger garlic paste and sauté till the raw smell goes.

Add tomato, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder and salt and stir fry for a minute. Add drumstick pieces and potato and mix well with the masala. Add a cup of water and leave it to cook on a slow flame till it becomes soft and tender.

Add paste of coconut, mix well and leave it to simmer on a low flame for 2 to 3 minutes.  Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice or roti.