Drumstick dal

During one of family get togethers my sister in law prepared this kadi which is not the curd based one but a coconut based gravy. So I wanted to try that and combine it in my way.

Today my husband wanted to have drumstick and dal ,so instead of making a normal sambar I tried to combine my SILs recipe with dal and drumstick and came up with the yummy combination.

So without further wait here is the recipe.

Ingredients
Drumsticks - 3 cut in small pieces.
Toor dal- 1 vati
Tumeric powder - 1 tsp
Hing - a pinch.
Oil - 2 tsp
Onion - 2 medium or 1 big.(finely chopped)
Tamarind paste - 1 tbsp
Jaggery - 1 tsp
Paste of
Coconut pieces - 1/2 cup
Coriander seeds  - 1 tbsp
Peppercorns - 4-5
Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup ( a handful)
Garlic cloves - 2 (optional)
Dry red chilli -4-5 ( bedgi or non spicy variety). Can use powder instead.
Salt

Method
1) Make a paste with items mentioned under paste and keep ready. This has to be a smooth paste.
2) Cook the dal with tumeric powder , hing and keep ready.
3) In a deep pan add oil, add half onion and make it dark brown (not burnt)
4) Then add the remaining onion and a little salt and let it fry till translucent.
5) Add the drumstick, tumeric powder , stir well. Add water and let this cook.
6) When done add paste, cooked dal, salt , mix well and let this come to a boil.
7) Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice.

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