Recipe: Murunga [edit]

Other Names: Drumstick Curry
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''Terminalia ferdinandiana'', also called the Gubinge, billygoat, Kakadu plum or Murunga is a flowering plant in the family Combretaceae, native to Australia, widespread throughout the tropical woodlands from northwestern Australia to eastern Arnhem Land. Its fruit has the highest known vitamin C concentration(3100 mg/100g).

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Tags: Vegetable
Yield: 4 servings

[edit] Ingredients

12

Drumsticks, peeled and cut into 5 cm. long pieces

5

Onions, sliced

Ghee for frying

6

Green chillies, slit lengthwise

4

tablespoons Curry powder

1 ½

cups Thin coconut milk

Salt to taste

A few sprigs of curry leaves

inch A lemon sized ball of tamarind, soaked water

1 ½

cups Thick coconut milk

[edit] Preparation

Step 1

Heat ghee in a pan and fry the onions and green chillies for four minutes.

Step 2

Add the remaining ingredients, except the tamarind and thick coconut milk.

Step 3

Cook on low heat till the murunga (drumsticks) are tender. Extract tamarind pulp and add to the curry. Simmer for five minutes.

Step 4

Add the thick coconut milk and bring it to a boil.

[edit] About Murunga

For a variation, you may substitute drumsticks with beans, bitter gourd, snake gourd, brinjals or potatoes.

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