Muringakka Manga curry - Drumsticks and Green Mango in Coconut milk

In picture:- Muringakka Manga curry , Rice n Ambazhanga Achar, Kovakka thoran

Remember my Prawn mango curry? One of my Favorite classic kerala recipe,The one dish with which I cant stop eating rice? This is more of a vegetarian version of it, using Drumsticks/muringakka instead of Prawns. Muringakka is a yummy combination with almost everything like, Chemmeen muringakka curry, unakka meen muringakka curry, unakka chemmeen muringakka curry, etc..etc...Making you drool??? oh it happens to me all the time , i hear these names.!!!! Have it with rice, some pickle and a stir fry, for a simply delicious meal ...

In picture:- Muringakka Manga curry , Rice n Ambazhanga Achar, Kovakka thoran

Ingredients:-

Muringakka /Drumsticks - 8-10 medium pieces

Green mango/ Pacha manga - 1 medium

Small onion chopped - 1/4 cup

Garlic crushed - 2 cloves (optional)

Green chiles slit lengthwise - 3-4

Ginger crushed - a small pieces

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Chili powder - 1/2 tsp pinch

Corinader powder - 1/4 tsp (optional)

Thin coconut milk - 1.5 cup

Thick coconut milk - 1/2 cup

For tempering

Small onion chopped - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds

Curry leaves

Salt to taste

Oil

Method:-

Clean and peel the green skin off the drumsticks and green mango..

Heat a tspn of oil in a pan and add Diced Onion, Crushed GG and green chillies and fry for 4-5 minutes

Make a paste with Chilli , Coriander and turmeric powder by adding a little water and add to the pan. Combine it well.

Add sliced mango pieces and drumsticks and salt and toss it for a minute.

Pour thin coconut milk ,Cook it covered till its is done or both are tender to fork. 

Remove the lid and add thin coconut milk and bring to boil.Remove from fire as soon as it is heated through.

Heat oil in pan and add mustard seeds. when it splutter add a tspn of chopped onion , curry leaves and fry for a minute or two. Pour over curry and serve warm!!

Notes:-
--Instead of coconut milk, you can use coconut paste. cook the veggie with water and finally add grinded coconut paste (1 cup) instead of thick coconut milk.
--Add Prawns to make chemmeen muringakka manga medley.
--For those who live in places where green mango is not available , add one or two tomatoes instead of green mango for an equally yummy version.
--About the tempering, you can either do this in the beginning , ie just before sauteing onions or do as it is told in the recipe.
--Garlic and coriander is optional here, but be sure to add it when you make this with prawns.

Muringakka Manga curry

Cheers

Sarah