INGREDIENTS
Gummadi kaya pieces – 20 big chunks
Drum sticks – 20 pieces
Jaggery – 1 cup [adjust according to your taste]
Red chilli powder – 3 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Tamarind juice – 3/4 cup
Green chillies – 2 slit
Water – 12 to 13 cups
Salt to taste
Rice flour – 4tbsp
Finely chopped coriander leaves – 1/4 cup
TALIMPU
Oil – 3 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1/2tsp
Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 tsp
Dry red chilli pieces – 15
Mashed garlic cloves – 15 to 20
Curry leaves – generous amount
METHOD
- Take a large kadai, add all the ingredients expect rice flour and coriander leaves and mix well.
- Cook on high flame till the gummadi kaya pieces are cooked. At this time, check out seasonings.
- In a small bowl, mix rice flour with 1/2 cup of water and pour it over the boiling pulusu.
- Mix well and add coriander leaves and let it boil for 2 minutes.
- For talimpu, heat oil in a kadai. Add mustard seeds and let them splutter and add all the remaning ingredients one by one .
- Fry for few seconds and pour it over the pulusu and keep covered for 30 seconds.
- Open the lid and boil for 3 to 4 minutes and switch of the flame. Serve with rice and mudda pappu.
SUGGESTIONS
If you want cook faster you can put all the ingredients expect rice flour and coriander leaves in a pressurse cooker.
Pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistles on high flame. Remaning procedure is same.
In karthika masam you can avoid garlic for puja purpose.