Mukkala pulusu /Dappalam

Ingredients:

• Bottle gourd - 1 cup
• Pumpkin - 1 cup
• Sweet potato - 1 cup
• Lady finger - 6 small
• Carrot - 1/2 cup
• Drumstick - 5 pieces
• Green chillies - 3
• Tamarind - big lemon size
• Rice flour - 2 - 3 tbsp
• Jaggery - 1/2 lemon size
• Salt - to taste
• Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
• Coriander leaves -2 tbsp for garnish

For Seasoning:

• Whole red chillies - 2
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Jeera - 1/2 tsp
• Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Hing -pinch
• Curry leaves - few

Method:

• Soak tamarind in 1 cup of hot water for about 10 minutes. Extract the juice and keep it aside
• Clean and chop all the vegetables into big chunks, slit green chilles
• Take vegetables, 2 1/2 cups of water, turmeric, green chillies and 1 tsp of salt in a vessel and boil until cooked but not too soft
• Add tamarind juice, jaggery and cook for 5 minutes
• Add little water to rice flour and mix without lumps. Add this to pulusu and let it boil for 5 more minutes
• Heat oil in a small pan, add seasoning items and when they splutter, add to the above mixture
• Garnish with coriander leaves
• Serve with rice and mudda pappu