Cashewnut Drumstick Curry

Ingredients for Cashewnut Drumstick Curry:

1. Cashew nuts – 1 cup, washed and cleaned 

    Water – 2 cups 

    Baking soda – 2 pinches 

2. Dried red chillies – 4 

    Coconut oil – 1/2 teaspoon 

    Coriander seeds – 1 teaspoon 

    Cumin – 1 pinch 

    Fenugreek – 1 pinch 

    Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon 

3. Grated coconut – 1 cup 

    Shallots (chopped) – 1 teaspoon 

    Coconut oil – 1 teaspoon 

4. Drumstick – 12 pieces (2-inch length) 

    Onion (thinly sliced) – 1/4 cup 

    Green chillies (slit) – 4 

    Tomato (quartered) – 1 

    Masala paste (mixed with 1/4 cup water) 

5. Salt – As required 

    Curry leaves – As required 

6. Coconut oil – 1 teaspoon 

    Mustard seeds – 1/2 teaspoon 

    Fenugreek – 1 pinch 

    Shallots (chopped) – 1 teaspoon 

    Dried red chillies – 2 

    Curry leaves – A little

How to prepare Cashewnut Drumstick Curry?

1. Cook cashew nuts with water and baking soda in a pressure cooker until tender, similar to meat cooking time.

2. Heat a pan, add coconut oil, fry dried red chillies on low flame until crisp, and set chillies aside.

3. Add coriander seeds, cumin, and fenugreek to the same pan, roast well, and set aside.

4. Grind the roasted ingredients with turmeric powder into a smooth paste. This is the masala paste.

5. In the same pan, heat coconut oil, add grated coconut and chopped shallots, and roast on low flame. Grind this without adding water.

6. In a pan, combine drumstick pieces, sliced onion, slit green chillies, tomato quarters, and the masala paste mixed with 1/4 cup water.

7. Add salt and curry leaves as needed and cook until it boils well.

8. Once boiling, add the cooked cashew nuts along with the cooking water, cover, and cook until vegetables are tender.

9. Finally, add the roasted coconut paste mixed with 1/4 cup water and cook until the curry reaches a medium consistency.

10. Heat coconut oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds, add fenugreek, shallots, curry leaves and dried red chillies, fry well, and pour this seasoning over the curry before serving.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, March 1-14, 2025

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