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DRUMSTICK CURD PACHADI AND AN AWARD




Drumstick vegetable is common in India and its tender pod is used for eating. It is has the antibacterial and good cleansing properties. And the leaves, flowers and vegetable everything is edible. Everything has different medicinal properties. It is good source of Iron, fiber and minerals. This drumstick is used for making different dishes sambar, curry, kootu, koora many more and this is perugu(curd, thayir) pachadi in which we are going to use flesh for making the dish. It tastes so good with rice with combination of rasam(chaaru), spicy poriyal(koora). Even this can be had with roti, adai too. If you are drumstick as well as curd lover I assure you love this...




Ingredients :

Drumstick - 3
Coconut - 3 tbsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Green chilli - 2
Curd (thick) - 1 cup
Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp

Seasoning :

Mustard - 1 tsp
Urad dhal - 2 tsp
Curry leaves - few
oil - 1 tsp
Coriander for garnishing



Method :

1. Steam the drumstick by sprinkling water for 2 wlhistles.
2. Cool it and remove the flesh using the back or the spoon.
3. Now blend coconut, chilli, cummin, Asafoetida to fine paste.
4. Mix flesh of drumstick, ground paste, salt to curd and mix well.
5. Garnish with coriander leaves and season with mustard, urad and curry leaves.
6. Serve with rice, roti or adai.

Note :

Drumstick can be substituted with Amla and raw mango(manga). Without cooking grind it with the coconut and mix with curd. Yummy!!!!

And its time to share my award with you friends. This lovely blog award is passed by Renu or Renu's kitchen. Thanks so much renu I am surprised and Happy to receive this.



I would like to pass this award to all my blogger friends but as per the rule it has to be sent to only 10. So I am sending this award to these friends Sakshi, Sowmya, Priya Meena, Viki's Kitchen, Pinky, Pooja, Deesha, A2Z vegetarian cuisine, DoggyBloggy ,Valarmathi . Please accept this lovely award and pass it to 10 of your friends.

Nithya  – (June 15, 2009 at 11:39 AM)  

Congrats and nice dish anni... you have given it to 11 ppl, broke the rules... ;) just kidding there is no big deal abt the number when ppl deserve it. :)

Parita  – (June 15, 2009 at 11:43 AM)  

Congrats on the award dear...pachadi looks wonderful!!

Anu  – (June 15, 2009 at 11:48 AM)  

Congrats and nice dish Pavi.
Where did you get Curry leaves in LA?

Sakshi  – (June 15, 2009 at 11:56 AM)  

I love drumstick and curd too...but my question is will this go with your Tomato Chappathi I am making today?? Lady you always come up with amazing dishes..

THANKS A MILLION FOR THE AWARD....next time I want food in place of award ok??

Pooja  – (June 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM)  

pavithra thanks a lot ! i'm elated ! ooh i have not eaten drumstick since november 07... thats a long long time lol... longing to eat them.. i'm going to crash land in your house save some of them for me

chef and her kitchen  – (June 15, 2009 at 12:16 PM)  

Congrats dear..:)
Nice perugu pacchadi gal..

eshoboshoaahare.blogspot.in  – (June 15, 2009 at 12:16 PM)  

Nice Pachadi...with your Great Presentation...again..Just Lovely.Keep on...

Congrats and a very Grateful Thanks to you for this Lovable Award...Lovely.

Sowmya  – (June 15, 2009 at 12:38 PM)  

Oh Pavi, congratulations dear.I have no doubt , u deserve it well...and you took me by surprise :) Thank u very much for passing it on to me :) This is my first award in the foodie world. Thanks

Sowmya  – (June 15, 2009 at 12:54 PM)  

Hey, This dish looks new to me, anyways most of your dishes looks new to me :)

Have posted the clarification on Eno Vs Cooking Soda, check it out pavi..

Deepthi Shankar  – (June 15, 2009 at 1:01 PM)  

Iam book marking this. We love drumsticks

Rush  – (June 15, 2009 at 1:13 PM)  

thnks so much..i feel so honored, but i must say i dont wanna accept the award. The fact that i have to pass it on to only 10 more people,which will end up me being partial to a few and upsetting the others..i really dont wanna be in such a situation, so i would really appreciate if u take me off the award list..the very idea that u chose me makes me elated and happy..thnks again!!

Home Cooked Oriya Food  – (June 15, 2009 at 1:21 PM)  

Lovely dish again. I love these simple ones that u turn them out so elegantly...
Lovely award - you deserve it so much...

Rush  – (June 15, 2009 at 1:22 PM)  

drumstick!! i miss it here..all i get are frozen ones and i hate its taste..crave for the fresh drumsticks!!

lata raja  – (June 15, 2009 at 1:50 PM)  

Yes Pavithra I love both,thayir and drumsticks...so your recipe has been bookmarked:).Congratulations for the award!!

Varsha Vipins  – (June 15, 2009 at 2:12 PM)  

Drumsticks are quite hard to find here..good ones I mean..loved this dish Pavi..congrats..:)

Padma  – (June 15, 2009 at 2:15 PM)  

Congrats on your award Pavithra... you surely deserve it :)
Drumstick curd pachadi looks wonderful...

Mangala Bhat  – (June 15, 2009 at 2:49 PM)  

Congrats and again a new recipe to me ..:) Thanks for sharing

Yasmeen  – (June 15, 2009 at 3:08 PM)  

Tasty pachadi,sounds perfect with rice:)

Ann  – (June 15, 2009 at 3:47 PM)  

Pachadi looks Yumm :) and OCngrats for your award

Vikis Kitchen  – (June 15, 2009 at 4:02 PM)  

Congrats on ur award dear. U deserve more. Pachadi looks so inviting.

Priya Suresh  – (June 15, 2009 at 4:20 PM)  

Congrats on ur award Pavithra, this curd with drumstick looks gorgeous!

Nithya Praveen  – (June 15, 2009 at 4:43 PM)  

Congrats on ur award.I have always used drumstick for making sambhar and kootu...never for a pachadi.this totally sounds interesting.Thanks for sharing!

Uma  – (June 15, 2009 at 6:00 PM)  

never tried drumsticks in yogurt. looks awesome Pavithra! Yummy!! congrats on the award!!

Anonymous –   – (June 15, 2009 at 6:26 PM)  

so unique and fifferent.

Kalaivani  – (June 15, 2009 at 9:27 PM)  

Congrats and love the pachadi.

kittymatti  – (June 15, 2009 at 9:46 PM)  

congrats dear...very cool idea! it looks great-as usual!

Unknown  – (June 15, 2009 at 10:00 PM)  

Congrats for your award. Very nice dish. Thanks for sharing the award.

Raks  – (June 15, 2009 at 11:26 PM)  

Congrats on ur award and pachadi is the one I love! So flavorful with drumstick!

jayasree  – (June 15, 2009 at 11:40 PM)  

Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving nice words there. You too have a lovely blog. Loved your presentation.

I too make thayir pachadi the same way. But hnever knew drumstick can be added to it. Have a drumstick tree in the back yard and there is loads of drumstick at home. Thanks for the recipe.

Pam  – (June 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM)  

Congrats on your award. Your dishes always have the best presentation.

Pooja  – (June 16, 2009 at 10:59 AM)  

The pachadi looks creamy n delicious! Never made with drumstick before! And congrtas on the award :)

Swapna  – (June 16, 2009 at 12:15 PM)  

Thank you Pavithra for visiting my blog and leaving a comment:) You too have a beautiful blog...Drumstick pachadi looks delicious!

ARUNA  – (June 17, 2009 at 10:27 AM)  

pachadi looks so beautiful and congrats on the award dear!!!

Valarmathi Sanjeev  – (June 17, 2009 at 11:08 PM)  

Pachadi looks yummy. Congrats on your award and thanks for sharing.

Laavanya  – (June 18, 2009 at 9:08 AM)  

I;ve had something similar with raw plantains but never with drumstick - how interesting.
Also, congrats on your award :)

Anonymous –   – (February 2, 2011 at 2:57 AM)  

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