Munakkaya Gojju | Drumstick Masala Curry
Munakkaya Gojju or Drumstick Masala Curry is an authentic Rayalaseema dish from Andhra. In this dish, spices and coconut paste is cooked till almost dry to give a nice coating to the Drumstick.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 2 nos Drumstick approx 2 cups
- 1 cup Onions
- 3/4 cup Tomatoes
- 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Coriander Powder
- A Pinch Turmeric Powder
- Salt to Taste
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1/4 cup Coconut Paste thick and smoothly ground
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp Urad Dal
- Handful Curry leaves
Instructions
- Clean and cut drumstick. Chop onions and tomatoes finely.
- Heat a nonstick pan with oil, add mustard seeds and urad dal, once they splutter, add onions. Fry till they are brown in colour, then add ginger garlic paste, saute for a couple of minutes.
- Next add tomatoes, turmeric powder, and salt.
- When the tomatoes turn mushy, add chili powder, coriander powder. Cook till oil comes out. Then add drumstick pieces.
- Add required water and bring to boil.
- When the drumstick is cooked, add coconut paste and cook on high flame for 5 mins. The drumstick gets cooked within 10 mins. Simmer and cook till the gravy covers the drumstick nicely.
- If you make this a thick dry dish, serve it along with Vankaya Pappu. Else you can serve it with rice as such.
- The final dish has to be a thick gravy coating the drumstick.
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