Published: by Absolutely Recipes, in the Indian recipes category.

Drumstick Pickle Recipe.

Ingredients:

1 Drumstick , fresh tender Chopped to 1 or 2 ??length
2 1/2 cups tomatoes , chopped
4 1/2 tbsp red chili powder (kashmiri red chili powder or byadgi, reduce if using guntur chili powder)
2 tsp methi seeds / menthulu
tamarind , large , lemon sized ball
salt to taste
oil as needed tempering
1 sprig curry leaves
1 red chili (remove the seeds and break)
1/4 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp channa dal , (optional)
1/2 tsp urad dal , split , (optional)
oil as needed

Recipe Instructions:

Dry roast 2 tsps.
Of methi seeds.
Cool and then make a fine powder.
Deep fry drumsticks till almost cooked.
Takes around 8 to 12 mins on medium flame.
You can shallow fry too but takes long.
Set the drumstick pieces aside.
In the same pan and oil, add tomatoes, turmeric and salt.
Fry the tomatoes till completely mushy.
Mine looks juicy, don??t worry if yours do not look like mine.
It all depends on the kind of tomatoes you use.
Add the fried drumsticks and cook for 3 to 4 mins or until drumsticks are fully cooked.
This step is very important.
Otherwise the pickle smells like raw drumstick.
Soak tamarind in hot water for some time and squeeze well.
Filter this in the tomato mixture to remove dirt or sand.
Add chili powder, salt, methi powder to this and mix well.
Taste it and check the sour and salt.
If needed adjust now, after you temper, it doesn??t taste good.
Temper with tempering ingredients pour the hot tempering over the pickle.
Add in more oil (you can use up the oil you used for frying drumsticks), if you wish.
Mix well and store it in a clean, moist free, airtight glass bottles.

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