Drumstick kootu

Serves -4

Instead of making sambar,kuzhambu with drumstick ,once I just tried this kootu.Ya it was quite good.Can definitely give a try.

Ingredients:

• Moong dhal -1/4 cup
• Drumstick -1
• All purpose sambar powder -1&1/2 tsp (or sambar powder which you regularly use at home)
• Turmeric powder -1/4tsp
• Tomato -1 no
• Salt -To taste

For grinding:

• Coconut -1/4 cup
• Rice flour -1 tsp

For tempering:

• Oil-3 tbsp
• Mustard seeds -1/4 tsp
• Onion -1
• Channa dhal -1/2tsp
• Cumin/jeera -1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves -1 spring

Method:

• In a pressure cooker add moong dhal,drumstick,tomato sambar powder,turmeric powder,salt and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
• Grind coconut with  rice flour and add this to the kootu.
• Then temper it with items given under 'to temper'.

Notes:

• Drumstick will break when you pressure cook it with moong dhal. 
• So if you want to avoid this ,cook drumstick separately and add it to moong dhal,tomato mixture
• You can replace sambar powder with red chilli powder -1 tsp and coriander powder -1&1/2 tsp.