Moong Dal Drumstick Thick Stew / Pesara Pappu Munakkaya Kootu

Ingredients

• 1 small cup Moong Dal
• 1 Drumstick cut into pieces
• 1 Potato chopped medium size pieces
• 1 pinch Turmeric Powder
For Paste :
• 1/2 sp Coriander Seeds
• 1/2 sp Chana Dal
• 1/2 sp Urad Dal
• 3 Red Chillies
• 2 sp grated Coconut
• 1 sp Oil
For Popu :
• 1/2 sp Mustard Seeds
• 1/2 sp Urad Dal
• 1 Red Chilli crocked
• 1 Pinch Inguva
• 1 sp Oil
• Curry Leaves

Instructions

1. Heat 1 sp oil in a pan add paste ingredients and fry, when done, remove from fire and grind into a coarse paste along with coconut.
2. Wash moong dal and cook on stove top, when it 3/4 done add chopped potato, drumstick pieces and cook.
3. Add in turmeric powder, ground paste, salt and mix well. Let it cook for a couple of mins and turn off the flame.
4. Heat 1 sp oil in frying pan add popu ingredients and fry. Once done add this popu to cooked dal mixture and mix it well.
5. Now Moong dal munakkaya kootu is ready, transfer into a serving bowl, serve with plain rice or chapatis.