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Cheru payar(Green gram) curry

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine south indian
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 100 gm Green gram
  • 1 piece Onion( sliced )
  • 2 - 3 piece Garlic
  • ¼ tbsp Ginger ( Sliced ) - 1/4 teaspoon
  • 1 - 2 piece Green chili

For Paste

  • 1 cup Coconut( Grated )
  • ¼ tbsp Ginger
  • ¼ tbsp Turmeric powder
  • Water-Accordingly

Seasoning

  • 1 tbsp Oil
  • ¼ tbsp Mustard seed
  • 2 - 3 piece Red chili
  • 5 - 6 piece Curry leaves

Notes

Before getting into the cooking process, soak the green gram for 4-5 hours. After the soaking process takes a pressure cooker and add the green gram, sliced onion, garlic, green chilly, and ginger, and pressure cook it for 3-4 whistles.
Meanwhile, take a mixer grinder and add the ingredients for coconut paste and grind it smoothly.
Once the grinding is over open the lid of the cooker and pour the paste into the cooker and boil it for 5-8 minutes, Once the boiling is over, take a pan and heat it, and add oil, once the oil is hot add the mustards, when the mustard starts to pop add red chilly, curry leaves and stir it for 30 sec the pour the seasoning over the curry.
Tasty cherupayar(green gram)curry is ready. you can have it with puttu.
Keyword cheru payar curry, green gram gravy