Nuggekayi Huli | Nuggekayi Sambar | Drumstick Sambar

Nuggekayi Huli is a southindian simple and quick healthy sambar. Drumstick  are rich in iron and calcium. 

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Ingredients

• Nuggekayi / Drumstick - 2 cups 
• Onion diced - 1 cup
• Tomatoes diced - 1/2 cup
• Sambar Powder/ Sambar Pudi - 2 tbsp
• Mensinapudi / Rasam powder - 2 tsp
• Coconut - 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Bella / Jaggery - a small piece
• Huli / Tamarind juice or paste (juice /rasa - 2 tbsp , Paste - 1 tsp)
• Toor dal / Sarbele - 2 cups
• Turmeric powder / Harishna pudi - 1/4 tsp

Tempering : 

• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds / Sasive - 1 tsp
• Hing / Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp 
• Curry leaves / Karibehuvu - few leaves

Method

1. Wash and cut the 2"inchs and keep aside
2. Cut onions and tomatoes into diced 
3. Cook toor dal along with turmeric in the pressure cooker 
4. In a bowl drumstick,onions and tomatoes and very little water and cook separately in the pressure cooker wait until 2 whistle and cool down
5. In a mixer grinder add coconut and sambar powder and little water blend into a smooth puree
6. Heat large pan add dal, salt, cooked veggies, tamarind, jaggery, sambar masala, rasam powder
7. Boil on low flame stir in between slowly. Boil for 5 mins and turn off
8. Heat small pan add oil, add mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves and pour into sambar
9. Serve hot

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