Name: Papaya Erissery
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 no Raw papaya (cut into 1" cubes, medium); 1 cup Red gram (Thuvaraparippu); 1 cup Grated coconut; 1 tsp Turmeric powder; 2 tsp Chilly powder; 1 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam); Salt (As reqd); 1 tbsp Oil; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 2 nos Dry chillies (Kollamulaku); 10 nos Curry leaves; 1 cup Grated coconut

Papaya Erissery

By vanisatish

• April 15, 2006

Papaya Erissery

Curry made with dal, raw papaya and coconut

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1 no Raw papaya cut into 1" cubes, medium
1 cup Red gram Thuvaraparippu
1 cup Grated coconut
1 tsp Turmeric powder
2 tsp Chilly powder
1 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
Salt As reqd

For garnishing:-

1 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Mustard seeds
2 nos Dry chillies Kollamulaku
10 nos Curry leaves
1 cup Grated coconut

Instructions

Soak dal in hot water for 1 hr.
Grind together coconut with cumin seeds and enough water into a fine paste.
Cook dal and papaya together in pressure cooker along with salt, turmeric powder and chilly powder.
Add ground coconut into the dal-papaya mixture and let it boil well.
:- Make sure that the curry is a little thick.
Heat oil in a fry pan.
Splutter mustard seeds.
Fry dry chillies and curry leaves.
Add coconut and fry, till the coconut turns into dark golden.
Add fried coconut to the dal-papaya-coconut mixture and mix well.
:- Serve hot with rice.

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Response (4)

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Chinchumol September 10, 2009

Hi vani, gud recipe..U can add moongdhal(pachapayar) instead of red dhal , its yummy….

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jisna October 23, 2010

very tasty curry, came out well….thanks for ur recipe

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soumya November 13, 2008

Very Good Recipe. Must try. Keep Posting Vani.

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saju May 16, 2006

wow! this recipe is too good. i tried it for vishu and no one knew that the main ingredient was pappaya. everyone thought that it was pumpkin. thanks a lot and do present more novel recipies like this…