Drumstick flowers / moringa flowers

Name: Drumstick flowers / moringa flowers
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 grams drumstick flowers; 4 tomatoes; 2 Green chillies; 3-4 tablespoons oil; 1-2 tablespoons ghee; as per taste salt; 12-14 Garlic cloves; 2 teaspoons red chilli powder; 2 teaspoons turmeric powder; 2-3 Teaspoons green part of fresh garlic

Divya Tekwani @DivyaTekwani

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Divya Tekwani @DivyaTekwani

Gujarat

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Ingredients

1 hour

4 servings

500 gramsdrumstick flowers
4tomatoes
2Green chillies
3-4 tablespoonsoil
1-2 tablespoonsghee
as per taste salt
12-14Garlic cloves
2 teaspoonsred chilli powder
2 teaspoonsturmeric powder
2-3 Teaspoonsgreen part of fresh garlic

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Steps

1 hour

1

Firstly clean by removing the stems, bruised flowers and buds and keeping fresh flowers and buds to be cooked.
2

Now.wash it 2-3 times thoroughly in A very big vessel so that all the dirt and extra stems are removed completely.
3

Then boil them in big open vessel for 10 minutes and drain the excess water completely to remove it's bitterness.
4

Now pressure cook it in freshwater up to 1 whistle and then on low flame for 5 minutes. Let the cooker release pressure on it's own.
5

Meanwhile prepare for tampering. Take A deep pan, heat oil put garlic paste And finely chopped green part of fresh garlic and pinch of asoefotida. Now add tomato puree.
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Sprinkle salt, turmeric and red chilli powder mix well and let the tomatoes Get cooked. Squeeze the excess water from flowers thoroughly and mash it with your fingers or in A mortar to give it A smooth texture
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Now put this smooth flowers in the pan and mix well. Let it cook on high flame for 3 minutes and adjust the seasonings. Mix well and let it cook on low flame for 5-7 minutes with water on the lid as shown in pic below.
8

Open the lid carefully so.as the water on top doesn't drop inside the vessel. Now sprinkle some 3-4 teaspoon water, mix well and cook it again on low flame.
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Finally add 2 tablespoons ghee and turn off the flame. Don't cook ghee to maintain it's nutritional value and aroma. Garnish with tomatoes and cucumbers and Enjoy this authentic delicacy with soft yummy rotis.