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Papaya Erissery

Curry made with dal, raw papaya and coconut
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 4 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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