Raw banana pepper fry & drumstick kootu.....a platter from rak's kitchen

Ingredients

1)Drumstick kootu:

• 2 Drumsticks
• 1/4 cup Moong dal
• 1 teaspoon sambar powder
• 1/4 teaspoon haldi/turmeric powder
• 1 Tomato,chopped
• 2 generous pinches of hing
• salt to taste

To grind:

• 1/2 cup grated coconut
• 1/4 teaspoon Rice flour

for Tadka:

• 1 teaspoon ghee
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon urad dal
• 1/2 teaspoon jeera
• a pinch of hing
• a sprig of curry leaves
• 1 tablespoon chopped shallots

2)Raw Banana pepper fry:

• 2-3 Raw banana
• 1 teaspoon sambar powder
• 1/4 teaspoon haldi/turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp curds
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper powder
• salt to taste

for Tadka:

• 1 teaspoon oil
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon urad dal
• 1 sprig of curry leaves

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Preparation

• 1)Drumstick kootu:
  Cut drumstick into 2 inch long pieces.
  Boil moong dal with tomato, turmeric, sambhar powder in pressure cooker until done. Meanwhile cook drumstick and salt in a vessel until tender. No add cooked moong dal to it and mix properly.
  Grind coconut and rice flour with little water and add to the cooked drumstick,moong dal mixture and let it boil, remove from fire after one boil. Heat ghee in a tadka pan and crackle mustard seeds and jeera. Add urad dal,curry leaves and hing and fry for a minute. Add chopped shallots and fry until the onion is soft and pink.Add the tadka to the dal mixture and stir. Serve it hot with rice and papad.
• 2)Raw Banana pepper fry:
  Peel the banana's and dice them into 1/2" cubes and drop them in salted water mixed with curds. This helps in retain its color. Wash the banana cubes properly and boil them in enough water mixed with sambar powder, salt and turmeric until they are nice and tender. Drain them and keep aside.Heat oil in a kadai, crackle mustard seeds and add urad dal and curry leaves and fry for a minute and then add cooked banana pieces and stir fry on high flame for 1-2 mins until it is dry.Add pepper powder to it and mix well. Add grated coconut to it and mix well. Serve it hot with hot steaming rice with ghee and papad.