Mullakada Pulusu

Recipe Name

: Mullakada Pulusu

Preparation Time

: 10min

Cooking Time

: 25min

Recipe Category

: Vegetarian

Recipe Type

: Meals

Total Time

: 40min

Ingredient

: Mullakada

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.

Nutrition

:

Nutrition

Ingredients

:

• 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

Instructions

:

1. Cut drumsticks to two inch size. It is good not to cut them tiny else they will get mushy.
2. Pressure cook drumsticks, onion and tomato with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and turmeric for one whistle.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Start adding all the above cooked ingredients.Add 2 -3 cups of water to bring it to your desired consistency. Add sugar/jaggery.
6. 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.
7. If you pressure cooked all the ingredients in one step, then add the seasoning, tamarind paste/pulp and boil it for 15 - 20 minutes.