Drumstick Gravy (Nuggekayi Gojju)

This one's from Deepti's family. Again simple, quick and easy to make.What also helps is that Drumsticks are a great source of Iron and the tender ones are especially succulent.

Ingredients:

4 Tender drumsticks cut into inch long pieces and pressure cooked
3 Thinly sliced onions
2 tsp Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 cup grated fresh coconut
1 small cup Tamarind water (soak tamarind in a cup of water and squeeze till the ater becomes a thick sauce. Dispose the tamarind)
1 inch cube of Jaggery
Curry leaves
Seasoning (jeera, mustard seeds and hing)
Salt to taste

Heat about 2 tsp oil in a deep pan and add mustard seeds. Once they stop crackling, add jeera, hing and turmeric powder. Add the sliced onions and saute till cooked. In the meanwhile you cna grind together the grated coconut and red chilli powder to make a chutney. Once the onions are cooked, add the red chilli powder chutney to it. Add tamarind water, jaggery cooked drumsticks and curry leaves. bring it to a boil and keep stirring continuously. Add salt to taste and mix well.

This goes well with both phulkas and rice.