Murungaikai Thokku/ Drumstick Thokku

Murungaikai Thokku/ Drumstick Thokku

Ingredients
2 drumsticks / murungaikai chopped into 2 inch length
1 onion chopped
1 tomatoe chopped
Garlic - 5 pods crushed
Chilly powder 2 tbsp
turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Tamarind - lemon sized - pulped

For seasoning
Mustard 1 tsp
Fennel seeds 1 tsp
Asafoetida 1/4 tsp
Oil 2-3 tbsp
Salt to taste

Preparation


Heat oil in a pan and season with mustard, asafoetida and fennel seeds

Add crushed garlic

Then Curry leaves

Also add onions,tomatoes,salt(just add salt for onion and tomato alone) and turmeric powder and saute till onion turns transparent and tomatoe turns mushy

Add chilly powder and saute till raw smell goes off

Now add tamarind pulp and allow it to boil for 2 minutes.

Add drumstick, salt(for vegetable alone) to the gravy and cook with a lid on.

When the vegetable color changes and is cooked, remove the lid and allow the gravy to thicken on open pan.

Serve with plain rice