Green Gram Curry Recipe with step by step pictures. Delicious creamy pacha payaru curry which taste amazing with puttu, idiyappam and appam.
Green Gram Curry Recipe
A simple protein rich curry which is best with hot roti or rice. I love the spices which goes in this curry. That makes this simple dish even more tasty. So hope you all like it and let me know what you think.
Ingredients for Green Gram Curry
- Green Gram / Pacha payaru-1 cup
- Onion-1 chopped
- Tomato-2 chopped
- Coriander powder / Malli podi-1 tblspn
- Red Chilli powder -1tsp
- Turmeric powder / Manjal podi-1 tsp
- Garam masala powder-1 tsp
- Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-1 tsp
- Ghee-1 tblspn
- Oil-1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar -1 tsp
- Coriander leaves/Cilantro for garnishing
How to Make Green Gram Curry
- Pressure cook dal till completely cooked. If you press it with your fingers it should get mashed.
- Heat oil and ghee in a kadai. Crackle some cumin seeds.
- Add in onions and cook till golden.
- Add in all spice powders and mix well.
- Throw in the tomatoes and cook till mushy..Add required amount of water and bring that to boil.
- Add in the cooked dal and mix well.
- Season with salt and sugar. Simmer this for 10 mins.
- Garnish with cilantro and serve with roti or rice.
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Green Gram Curry Recipe | Pacha Payaru Curry Recipe
Green Gram Curry Recipe with step by step pictures. Delicious creamy pacha payaru curry which taste amazing with puttu, idiyappam and appam.
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Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- Green Gram / Pacha payaru-1 cup
- Onion-1 chopped
- Tomato-2 chopped
- Coriander powder / Malli podi-1 tblspn
- Red Chilli powder -1tsp
- Turmeric powder / Manjal podi-1 tsp
- Garam masala powder-1 tsp
- Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-1 tsp
- Ghee-1 tblspn
- Oil-1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar -1 tsp
- Coriander leaves/Cilantro for garnishing
Instructions
- Pressure cook dal till completely cooked. If you press it with your fingers it should get mashed.
- Heat oil and ghee in a kadai. Crackle some cumin seeds.
- Add in onions and cook till golden.
- Add in all spice powders and mix well.
- Throw in the tomatoes and cook till mushy..Add required amount of water and bring that to boil.
- Add in the cooked dal and mix well.
- Season with salt and sugar. Simmer this for 10 mins.
- Garnish with cilantro and serve with roti or rice.
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Green Gram Curry Step by Step
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Take all your ingredients |
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Take your green gram dal |
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Pressure cook till mushy |
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Crackle cumin seeds |
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add in onions |
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and throw in spice powders |
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Add more spices |
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throw in tomatoes |
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Mix well |
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Cover and cook till |
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Mushy |
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Add some water |
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Now goes the cooked dal |
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Season with some salt and sugar |
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Simmer for a while |
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Garnish with cilantro |
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Best with roti... |
Laxmi
Healthy curry..I make thisoften..
kasihredha
yummy..
I like it..
can take with roti or rice 🙂
martinealison
De la saveur, des épices... très certainement succulent.
Bisous
Dzoli
This might be simple but thsoe curries are yummiest.Wit a piece of naan:))
aarthi mai
hey very easy recipe..i did today it cameout good...yum yum..
Anonymous
Can we put ginger garlic paste in this???
Anonymous
Can we put ginger garlic paste in this???
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can put
Sulakshana
Really taste
Anonymous
Can u tell the number of whistles?
Aarthi
for cooking green gram. Take 1 cup of green gram in a cooker, add three cups of water and cook for 3 whistle. Simmer for 10 mins. Then turn off the heat and let the pressure go all by itself
Indhu Chezhian
Hi Arthur,
The green gram curry turned out very well 😃 I couldn't post a foto of it 😃
Dr Janani R
hi aarthi..i followed your receipe n it came out tasty..:-) just one query...my mom n mother in law asked me to soak green gram for about n hour n then go for boiling....you did not mention anything like that..kindly clarify 🙂
Aarthi
if u use presure cooker, no need to soak. but if you want, you can just soak it and use
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi, Do we need to fry green gram before boil?
Aarthi
no need to fry it.
Anonymous
we had it for chapathi yesterday.It turned out very well.Your step by step pictures are awesome
Jenny Jackson
Hi,
Can you put every curry that doesn't require coconut under one group.? It is really hard to find out. My dad is diabetic and this will be very helpful. Thanks in advance.
Aarthi
sure. will do it soon
Richa
Can you please please simplify your recent receipes section just like your normal other index. It's difficult to go through each page one by one. I request you please.
M.ambikaiselvi
Really good super ☺👍