| Mullakada Pulusu |
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Author |
: Teluguone |
| Preparation Time |
: 10min |
| Cooking Time |
: 25min |
| Yield |
: 5-6 |
| 4.0 Stars based on 291 |
: Reviews |
| Published On |
: May 31, 2011 |
| Recipe Category |
: Vegetarian |
| Recipe Type |
: Meals |
| Total Time |
: 40min |
| Ingredient |
: Mullakada |
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| Description: |
Pulusu is part of a nutritious meal as it includes all the components of a balanced meal. It is very suitable for those who want to cook a single side item with rice. Very popular among young couples and busy professionals as it can be cooked relatively quickly.
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| Recipe of Mullakada Pulusu |
- sticks -Drum 12 pieces
- Tomato- 1 cup
- Onion - 1 cup
- Green chillies - 2
- Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon(according to taste)
- Salt - 1 and 1/2 teaspoon
- Turmeric - 1/4 teaspoon
- Water - 5 cups
- Jaggery/Sugar - 2 teaspoons (according to taste)
- Tamarind - 1 teaspoon (concentrate or 1 and 1/2 tspn Lemon juice)
For seasonsing:
- Ghee - 1 table spoon
- Mastard seeds - 1 teaspoon
- Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
- Dry red chillies - 2
- Asafoetida - 1/2 teaspoon
- Curry leaves - 2 stalks
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| Directions | How to make Mullakada Pulusu |
- Cut drumsticks to two inch size. It is good not to cut them tiny else they will get mushy.
- Pressure cook drumsticks, onion and tomato with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and turmeric for one whistle.
- Set it aside.Preheat the saucepan/pot with ghee on medium high temperature. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds to ghee and let seeds splutter.
- Add red chillies, green chillies (optional), curry leaves and asafoetida to it. After a minute add onions to the seasoning and sautee it for couple of minutes or little brown.
- Start adding all the above cooked ingredients.Add 2 -3 cups of water to bring it to your desired consistency. Add sugar/jaggery.
- Turn the temperature down to medium low and let it cook for 15 minutes. This allows all the spices to blend well with pulusu/sambar.
- If you pressure cooked all the ingredients in one step, then add the seasoning, tamarind paste/pulp and boil it for 15 - 20 minutes.
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