Drumsticks pappu charu/ drumsticks dal

Recipe type: Main course
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4

INGREDIENTS

1 cup toor dal/kandhi pappu
1 medium lemon size tamarind extracted pulp
3 tbsp oil
Few mustard seeds and jeelakara
2-3 slit green chillies
7-8 curry leaves
Few coriander leaves
3-4 medium size tomatoes chopped
3 drumsticks finely cut into long pieces
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 cups water(approx...)
salt -to taste

1. Boil toor Dal in pressure cooker by adding Dal, salt to taste and cup of water. See that Dal has become soft.

2. Mash Dal into fine paste with mash equipment.

3. Take a pan add oil let it boil and add mustard seeds along with jeelakara.

4. Add slit green chillies, coriander leaves, curry leaves, tomatoes, drumsticks to the pan.

5. Add turmeric, chilli powder to the mixture and add sufficient water.

6. Drumsticks should be cooked completely.

7. Then add tamarind pulp to the pan and cook for 5 minutes.

8. Add cooked toor Dal to the mixture and let it boil for 5 minutes but see that it is not over cooked.

Note: in place of drumsticks raddish or dosakaya can be added to the recipe.