Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Mulakkada chaaru (Drumstick Rasam)

This is one of my favourite chaaru. If you get young drumsticks then it is a great dish to relish. Make this Rasam instead of the regular when you have guests at home.

Ingridients:-
Drumstick - 6-8 peices
Tamarind - 2 tbspn fresh extract
Curry Leaves - few
Tomato - optional

1. Take 1 cup water and put drumstick peices in it. Add salt and bring it boil. Leave for 5 mins till the drumsticks are cooked. you will see the fresh green coor of the drumstick changes to pale green and this is when you know that the drumstick is cooked.
2. Now add tamarind juice and tomato, curry leaves.
3. Add very little Rasam powder. Extract of the drumstick should be the key thing in this. This is what gets the flavour.
4. Season with oil, mustard seeds, jeera and hing.

Eat with rice and papad.

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