Cherupayar Curry

Cherupayar (Green Gram) curry is the most common breakfast item served with the puttu (Steam cake). Like the kadala curry, cheru payar curry also a good combination with the puttu for breakfast, it’s very tasty. Cherupayar or Green Gram curry is also served with the breakfast items like Dosa, Idly or Bread. Payaru curry can be served with rice gruel for lunch and with chapatti for dinner.

Ingredients:

Cherupayar parippu (Moong dal) – 200 gm
Coconut – 1 cup
Cumin powder – 1 pinch
Turmeric powder – ¼ t sp
Garlic – 3 nos.
Salt – As required
Coconut Oil – 1 tbsp
Mustard Seeds – ½ tsp
Red Chili – 2
Curry Leaves – 1 stem
Shallots – 2

Black pepper powder - 1 teaspoon

Plantain - Cut into medium sized cubes 10 pieces

Preparation Method:

Wash the cherupayar and cook it with water and add salt as required, better to use pressure cooker for cooking. When the dal is cooked properly smash it. Grind coconut along with cumin powder, garlic and turmeric powder and make it as a fine paste. Add this paste to the cooked and smashed dal and boil it. Then remove from fire.

Heat coconut oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds, add dry red chilly and chopped shallots and fry it till golden brown color appears. Then add curry leaves and pour this to the dal curry.

We can also add boiled plantain cubes and a pinch of black pepper powder into this which will add a nice taste to this.