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Cherupayar Olathiyathu

Green gram dry fry
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 250m g Green gram soaked overnight
  • 3 nos Onion chopped
  • 5 nos Green chillies cut length wise
  • 1 tbsp Ginger and garlic grated
  • 10 nos Dry red chillies torn
  • 10 nos Shallots/Small onions crushed, Kunjulli
  • 5 tbsp Coconut oil
  • 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp Red chilly powder
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 2 springs Curry leaves
  • Water As reqd
  • Salt As reqd

Instructions
 

  • For preparing cherupayar olathiyathu, make a fine paste out of the red chillies, shallots(2 nos), 1/4th tsp ginger and garlic.
  • In a pressure cooker add the chopped onions, green gram, salt, green chillies, the remaining ginger, garlic, curry leaves, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, 1 tbsp of oil and water. Pressure cook it for approximately 5 whistles.
  • Then heat a pan over low flame, add oil and splutter mustard seeds.
  • Toss in 1 or 2 dry red chillies and put it into the mustard. When it is done add the remaining crushed shallots and curry leaves.
  • To this add the pressure cooked green gram and heat it untill it becomes a semi solid consistency. Remove it from the flame.
  • Cherupayar olathiyathu is ready. Serve with puttu or kanji.
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