Murukakaai Kuzhambu

Drumstick kuzhambu, its very easy but the procedure is long. 

Ingredients:

Drumstick - 2
Small Onion - 6-7
Shredded Coconut - 1/2 Cup
Jeera - 1tbsp
Green chilli - 2
Salt -To Taste
Oil - 3tbsp
Fenugreek Seeds - 1tbsp
Mustard Seeds - 1tbsp
Urad - 1tbsp
Tamarind - Few
Turmeric Powder - A pinch
Sambar Powder - 2tbsp

Method Of Preparation:

- Soak  tamarind for 15minutes, then extract the tamarind pulp without any dust.

- Peel onion skin. Make onion like two partition. First, take it as whole onion like 5 to 6. Second partition is cut onion into small pieces.

- Cut drumstick and take it in a plate.

- Grind coconut, jeera and chilli together. Make a fine paste.

- Now keep kadai in the gas. Pour oil and add whole onion,drumstick and turmeric powder.
Fry for a minute.

- Pour tamarind extract. Put the salt now.

- Let it boil for 10 minutes.

- After 10minutes put sambar powder. Allow kuzhambu to boil for another 5minutes,  raw smell has to go.

- After 5minutes put the grinded items and let it be boil for another 5mintues.

- Remove kadai in the gas stove.

- Now keep another kadai in the gas stove.

- Pour oil and add mustard seeds, urad, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves and chopped onion.

- Fry well until it becomes golden brown color.

-Now put the fried items to the prepared kuzhambu. Mix it slightly.

-Murunkakai Kuzhambu is ready is now.

- Same procedure for all types of kuzhambu like kathirikai kuzhambu, vendaikkai kuzhambu, sepankzhalangu kuzhambu, pakarkaai kuzhambu etc.

- If you want you can add extra veggies like potato and vendaikaai for murunkakaai kuzhambu.