Cherupayar Curry(Green Gram Curry)

Preparation Time: 15 min

Cooking Time: 10 min

Serves: 8

Ingredients measure:-

For Pressure cook:

Green Gram : 1 ½  cups

Water: 2 cups

Salt: to taste

For Grinding:

Small Onion :  1/2 cup

Garlic : 1 tbsp crushed,

Grated coconut: 1 ½ cup

Cumin : 2 tsp

Turmeric: ½  tsp

Salt: to taste

Kashmiri Chilly powder: 1 tsp

Dry Red Chillies : 2

Mustard seeds : 1 tsp

Curry leaves : 2 tsp

Preparation:-

1)      Pressure cook the items under “ Pressure cook” and keep it aside.
2)      Grind the items under “ for grinding” to a fine paste with little water and keep it aside.
3)      Fry the Washed green gram for 2 mins  in 1 tsp ghee and keep it aside.
4)      Meanwhile in a earthern pot or kadai, put 2tsp oil and put mustard seeds and curry leaves.
5)      Spoon in Kashmiri chilly powder and sauté.
6)      When the curry leaves splutter, add Dry red chillies. Also spoon in Kashmiri chilly powder and sauté.
7)      Finally add the mix of the pressure cooked and grinded items together.
8)      If required, add some water and boil for 5 mins.
9)      Garnish with 1tsp melted ghee and curry leaves.