Drumstick Flower(Nugge Hu) Curry

Ingredients:
3 cups Drumstick Flower / Nugge Hu
4 medium sized Tomatoes
2 medium sized Onions
6 - 8 tender Drum Sticks
Pinch of Turmeric powder
Lemon sized Jaggary
1.5 - 2 tsp Sambar powder
3 - 4 strands Coriander leaves
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Black Gram seeds
1 tsp Bengal Gram seeds
Pinch of Asafetida powder
5 - 6 Curry leaves
Salt to taste
3 - 4 tsp Oil

Recipe:
Clean the drum stick flower, wash and keep it aside. Chop the onion and tomatoes into medium sized thin pieces as shown in the picture below. Cut the drumsticks into 1.5 inch sized long pieces as shown in the picture below.

Put mustard seeds, black gram seeds, Bengal gram seeds, oil in a thick bottomed vessel and heat. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves, asafetida, turmeric, chopped onion, salt and fry them for about 3-4 mins. Add drumstick flowers and fry them for about 2-3 mins.

Add chopped tomatoes, drumsticks and mix them well.

Add jaggary, sambar powder, salt, little amount of water and cook them well by covering the lid.

Add chopped coriander leaves and mix well. It goes well with Chapathi / Rottis.

Halasina Hannu(Jackfruit) Buns

Ingredients:
4 - 5 cups Jackfruit Puree
7 - 8 cups All Purpose flour
1/2 - 1 cup Wheat flour
1 cup Curd / Yogurt
Pinch of Baking powder
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds / Jeera
8 - 10 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Butter
Salt to taste
Oil

Recipe:
Remove the seed and other unwanted part from the jackfruit as shown in the picture below.

Put jackfruit, sugar in a mixer and grind them into smooth paste as shown in the picture below. Add butter, salt, sugar, cumin seeds, baking powder, curd and mix well.

Add wheat flour, all purpose flour and kneed the dough properly. Keep it aside for about 7-8 hours.

Take large lemon sized dough and roll it into thick(1/2 inch) round shape by using sufficient amount of dry all purpose flour/rice flour as shown in the picture below.

Keep oil in a thick bottomed vessel and heat it. Put rolled buns to oil. Fry both the sides of buns until it turns golden in color.

Serve along with chutney or sambar. The above mentioned ingredients will serve 35-40 buns.