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Spicy Green Gram Curry - Nurtritious

A very tasty and nutritious curry that goes well with chappati, poori etc.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Green gram Cherupayar
  • 2 nos Tomato chopped
  • 1 cup Onion chopped
  • 3 pieces Garlic chopped
  • 2 small Ginger chopped
  • Coconut oil or refined oil As reqd
  • 3 tsp Red chilly powder
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • Salt As reqd

Instructions
 

  • For preparing spicy green gram curry, first soak the green gram in water for about half an hour and cook it in a pressure cooker for about 15-20 minutes after adding salt to taste.
  • When it is cooked well, put off the stove and remove the cooker from the stove.3)Heat oil and then add the chopped tomato, onion, garlic and ginger and fry it well. When the mix turns brown in colour, add red chilli powder, turmeric powder and mix well.
  • Add the cooked green gram into it and add water if needed. Boil it for further 5-10 minutes and then put off the stove and change the curry into another vessel.
  • Delicious and spicy green gram curry is ready. Also the green gram can be cooked along with chopped onion, ginger, green chilly and salt and when it is cooked well, we can add coconut oil and curry leaves into this mix and keep the vessel closed for some time. This curry can be directly served with chappathi, poori, idiyappam etc.

Notes

Tasty and nutritious
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