CHILAGADA DUMPALA PULUSU

INGREDIENTS

Chilagada dumpalu- 4 medium size

Drum sticks – 8 pieces

Finely chopped onions – 3 cups

Green chillies – 3 slited

Tamarind paste- 2 tbsp

Grated jaggery – 1/3 cup

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp

Red chilli powder- 2 tbsp

Water -2 1/2 cups

TALIMPU

Oil- 1/4 cup

Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp

Fenugreek seeds – 1/8 tsp

Garlic – 4 cloves mashed

Broken red chillies – 5 pieces

Curry leaves – few

METHOD

1. Wash and peel chilagada dumpalu. Cut dumpalu into big circles and add it into a bowl filled with water.
2. Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add mustard seeds, let them splutter. Then add all talimpu ingredients one by one. Fry for 30 seconds. Add finely chopped onions and green chillies.
3. Mix well and add salt and turmeric powder. Cover and cook on low flame till onions turns into light pink colour.
4. Add chilakada dumpalu. Mix and cover and cook on low flame for 5 to 6 minutes.
5. Add red chilli powder. Mix throughly. Add jaggery and tamarind paste.
6. Cover and cook on low flame till jaggery melts. Add drum stick pieces and water .
7. Bring it to a boil. At this stage check out salt, sweet and sourness. Close lid and pressure cook on high flame till the first whistle.
8. Cook on low flame for 2 minutes. Switch off the flame. Allow the pressure to release on its own and then open the cooker. Mix well and serve with mudda pappu and rice.