In picture – Kerala rosematta rice, Thakkali moru curry, Kottayam style fish curry, Pavakka mezhukkupuratti, Cherupayar ularthiyathu
Ingredients (Serves 4 – 5)
1. Cherupayar / green gram – 1 cup, dried
2. Pearl onions – 4 – 5
3. Garlic – 3 – 4 cloves
Black pepper corns – 1/4 – 1/2 tsp
4. Curry leaves – 1 sprig
5. Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
6. Crushed red chilies – 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
7. Salt – To taste
8. Oil – 1 tbsp
Method
1. Pressure-cook green gram adding around 1 – 1.5 cups of water and little salt, until done.
2. Crush pearl onions, garlic and black pepper in a mortar and pestle.
3. Heat oil in a cheena chatti / any pan. Splutter mustard seeds and fry crushed chilies and curry leaves for a few seconds. Add crushed mixture and fry for 1 few minutes until their raw smell is gone. Add cooked cherupayar, and stir fry for a few minutes. Serve warm with rice.
In picture – Kerala rosematta rice, Thakkali moru curry, Kottayam style fish curry, Pavakka mezhukkupuratti and Cherupayar ularthiyathu
Such a yummy spreed..
Very nutritou and tasty looking gram stir fry. Excellent preparation.
Deepa
Hi Maya,
Hope you are doing. Maya i tried this recipe but green gram is getting smashed up in the cooker itself. Can you plz suggest a way to avoid this?????
I am trying out all your recipes and every recipes coming out well….
Keep rocking as always and Stay blessed !!!!!
Thanks
Rubiya Salam
Hi Maya,
Hope you are doing good. Maya i tried this recipe but green gram is getting smashed up in the cooker itself. Can you plz suggest a way to avoid this?????
I am trying out all your recipes and every recipes coming out well….
Keep rocking as always and Stay blessed !!!!!
Thanks
Rubiya Salam
Thanks Rubiya 🙂 I usually cook green gram in a pressure cooker for 1 whistle. You can try using a regular vessel instead of pressure cooker to cook it. Just drain the excess water after the green gram is done.
Before adding water in pressurecooker, switch on the stove and stir gram in the pressure cooker itself for 20-30 secs. Make sure the gram is not fried completely. Then add water and pressure cook it.
I hope you are from kottayam ( guesswork – seeing the fish curry)Do we need to add grated coconut in this. I’m from kottayam and we usually don’t add.. But my husband doesn’t agree with me .. Lol