Cherupayar curry

Ingredients:

Cherupayar/ Green gram - 1 cup
Water - 2 cups
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Green chilly - 1 or 2 , slit lengthwise
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Dried Red chilly - 1
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Shallots - 2-3 , cut into small pieces
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Pressure cook cherupayar with water , salt , green chilly, turmeric and red chilly powder for 2-3 whistles.
2. Grind coconut and cumin seeds .
3. Once the pressure is released, add the ground coconut paste to the green gram mixture and cook for another 5 minutes. Add water if the curry is very thick.
4. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and red chilly. Once the mustard seeds startd to splutter, add the curry leaves and shallots. Fry it for 1-2 minutes and add it to the cherupayar curry.

 Serve  hot with kerala puttu!!