Murungakkai masala poriyal

Drumstick is a very common vegetable in India. That too in the southern India, we cannot see a home garden without the drumstick tree. All the parts of the tree are of medicinal value. More over who can deny the taste of the sambar and curry made out of those freshly plucked drumsticks. So it is the favorite tree for many Indian housewives.Here I should mention, if we go on plucking the leaves of the tree it will not yield much drumsticks during the season. So it is a good idea to grow another tree also for our 'keerai' (greens) purpose.

Back home, my mom grew a big drumstick tree for our vegetable need and one small tree to reap the greens:) .
Even now the trees are serving the neighborhood along with some tales on mom's gardening and cooking skills.
Yeah, that is the gift we get by planting trees.....

During my 8 th standard summer vacation, Mom taught me to prepare this murungakkai masala koottu as my first dish....though I cannot tell u about my improper shaped hard dosas:) .Slowly I learned more dishes during that vacation .
I remember me announcing occasional kitchen holidays for mom from bed coffee to night dinner without allowing her to enter the kitchen, though everyone other than mom described those food as harassment:)

Shama's 'First cooked food' inspired me to cook this murungakkai masala and I am sending this to her event. Moreover this is my favorite side dish too.

Drumstick masala fry / murungakkai curry masala koottu



Ingredients:
Drumstick - 3 (choose green, flexible and succulent ones)
salt - to taste (1/4 tsp)
curry leaf - 1 sprig
fennel - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
coriander powder - 3 tsp
Red chilly powder - 3/4 tsp
oil - 1 tsp
To grind:
Onion - 1/2
shredded coconut - 1/2 cup
cumin - 1/2 tsp

Method:
Cut the drumstick into 3 inch long pieces and slightly slit in one end.
Grind the items given to a coarse paste.
Heat oil in a wok.
Add fennel seed and let it get red. Now put the curry leaf.
Then add the drumstick pieces along with all the powders and masala paste.
Add salt , 1 cup water and cook covered till it becomes tender .
The curry should be like a very thick / dry gravy.
Drumstick masala is ready!

Serving suggestions:
Serve as side dish with sambar / rasam / curd rice .

How to eat drumstick ?
Gently scoop out the fleshy part with small spoon / fork and eat.
If in home feel free to scoop with hand and chew them gently without swallowing the outer skin. That is the real way to enjoy murungakkai:)
It is a very common dish in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin of TN , India.

Its Award time !!!

Hope it is raining awards now and I have received the kreative blogger award from many of you.
Thanks a ton to Suparna, Ramya, Anu, Sarah, Chithra, Ganga, Ann for sharing this award with me!!! This means a lot to me friends. I feel honored.



The rules for the Kreativ Blogger award is as follows:-
1.You must mention the person who has given you the award.
2.Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3.Link to the person who has nominated you for the award.
4.Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
5.Nominate 7 other Kreativ Bloggers.
6.Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7.Leave a comment on each of the blogs to let them know they have been nominated.

As I have already posted my MeMe in the previous post, I am going straight to the QA part.

1. What is your current obsession?
Blogging, physical fitness, wanna get us green card.

2. What are you wearing today?
T shirt and casual pant.

3. What’s for dinner?
Puttu , sugar, green gram chundal.

4. What’s the last thing you bought?
Grocery.

5. What are you listening to right now?
Tamil movie song from the website ....Raaga.com

6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?
They are so sweet.

7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
Near my hubby's office and to a church , so that I can walk every day to attend the mass.

8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?
Cotton dresses, Lots of water, curd rice + pickle ,uninterrupted power supply.

9. What do you do when you “have nothing to wear” (even though your closet’s packed)?
Will wear a blue jean and my favorite pink tops.

10. Which language do you want to learn?
Just like Suparna told...the language of animals and birds:)

11. Who do you want to meet right now?
Jesus,  dad, Dr.Abdul Kalam.

12. What is your favorite color?
Lilac, purple.

13. What is your favorite piece of clothing in your own closet?
My wedding saree.

14. What is your dream job?
Want to take care of orphaned children and elderly people.

15. What’s your favourite magazine?
Vikatan , Thina thanthi, some comics .

16. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?
Will buy some dress for my hubby.

17. Where do you love to go for vacation with your loved ones!!!
Jamaica, Alaska :) and..... the list is endless.

18. Who are your style icons?
Always changes. First it was my mother and now, I can't even recognize...

19. Describe your personal style?
Simple and love to merge with where I live.

20. What are you going to do after this?
Take bath:)

21. What are your favorite movies?
A lot.. You can see my profile for the answer. I like fairy tales:)

22. What inspires you?
Good people, knowledge.

23. Give us three styling tips that always work for you:
Smile, a good hair cut, trim body.

24. Coffee or tea?
BOTH.

25. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?
It depends... sometimes a shopping for anything will make me feel good..he he.
Online shopping, sweets, a call to my brothers, talking with hubby will make me alright.

26. What is the meaning of your name?
My official name means ,'Goddess who relieves the pain of others' also it is the name of Lord Ganesha.

27. What are three cosmetic/makeup/perfume products that you can't live without?
Only three...huh...
moisturizer, perfume, comb and a lot....

28. Favorite Dessert/Sweet?
Rasgulla, Jangiri, dark Chocolate cake.

29. Favorite Season?
Winter.

30.Whats your pet name?
Viki.

31. What do you try to cook when you have cooking blues (When you feel real lazy to cook some thing)?
I will have some semi cooked food like noodles or any frozen food .


The rules are: Respond and rework – answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, and add one more question of your own. Then tag eight or ten other people.

I have been searching a long time to see if anyone has not been tagged. But I can't find one:(
So I would like to share this award and tag every one who makes a comment here. So please feel free to accept the awards.

Cheers,
Viki.