Mukkala Pulusu / Dappalam / Mixed Vegetable Stew

Hi readers, Today I am blogging another version of "Mixed Vegetable Stew -Mukkala Pulusu". This time I used different vegetables like Sweet Potato, Drumstick, Carrot, Ladies Finger cooked in tamarind extract and also added rice flour water to thicken the pulusu(stew). It goes well with mudda pappu, hot steamed rice, papad and ghee. This Mukkala Pulusu is completely Andhra Brahmin Dish which tastes sweet, tangy and a little bit spicy. Let us see the procedure for this Brahmin Dish.

Ingredients :
1 very big lemon sized Tamarind, soak in water for 15 minutes
2 tablespoon grated jaggery
Salt to taste
2 tablespoons Red Chilli Powder
2 tablespoons Rice flour
Pinch of Turmeric powder
1 spring Curry leaves
3-4 tablespoons finely chopped coriander leaves

Vegetables :
2 medium-sized Sweet Potatoes, chopped into big chunks
2 medium-sized Drum sticks, chopped into 1 1/2 " pieces
1 Carrot, cut into big chunks
1 Ladies finger, cut into 3 pieces
1 tomato, chopped into fine pieces
2-3 green chillies slit lengthwise

For Tempering :
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 spoon mustard seeds
1/2 spoon cumin seeds
3-5 fennel seeds
pinch of asafoetida

Method :
1. Soak tamarind in water for 10-15 mins and remove tamarind pulp 
and keep it aside. Add the required quantity of water to cook the veggies.
2. Add chopped vegetables, slit green chillies, tomatoes, few curries leaves to the tamarind pulp and add salt, turmeric powder and grated jaggery, red chili powder and cook for a few more minutes.
3. Take a small bowl, add rice flour and 1/4 cup of water mix well and make a rice flour solution.
4. Add this rice flour solution to the stew and cook a few more minutes until you get the required consistency. The consistency should neither be very thick nor very thin.
5. Heat a small pan with oil and crackle mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, red chillies, curry leaves and asafoetida and fry well and add this to the boiling Pulusu(stew).
6. Transfer this stew into a serving bowl, garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.

Hot sweet, tangy 'mixed vegetable stew' is ready to serve !!! Serve it and enjoy! Have a try and leave your feedback on how it turned out.