Drumstrick puli kulambu Recipe

Ingredients :

Drumstick - 1 or 2

Brinjal - 1
Tomato - 1

Sambar onion - 5 no.

Tamarind - lemon sized ball

Chilly powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 3 tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Coconut -3 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Salt - as required

To Temper :

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp

Curry leaves - Few

Preparation :

• Soak tamarind in a cup of warm water. Extract the juice from the soaked tamarind and throw away the pulp.
• Grind coconut and cumin seeds with enough water to make it as smooth paste.
• Chop the sambar onion into half and chop the tomato, brinjal  and keep it aside. 
• Now cut the drumstick into small size(3 or 4 inch) pieces and keep it ready.
• Heat oil in kadai/pan, add mustard seeds, when its popup, add fenugreek seeds and curry leaves.
• Then add sambar onion and saute it for a minutes.
• Now add chopped brinjal, tomato, drumstick and saute it for 2 minutes.
• Then add tamarind extract, chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt as required.
• Boil the curry until the vegetables are cooked.
• Then add coconut paste and boil for another 10 minutes. Now Switch off the flame.
• Now drumstrick puli kuzhambu is ready to serve with hot rice.