Pachai payaru kulambu/ green moong dal curry/ green gram curry

Pachai payaru kulambu recipe with step by step pictures  

              Pachai payaru kulambu is an accompaniment for steamed rice and also for idli,  dosas.  I like to have different varieties of dal in day to day recipes.  Today i made this pachai payaru(green gram) kulambu which is a protein rich recipe.  I usually soak green gram overnight and cook in morning.  But Today I forget to soak overnight.  So I pressure cooked green gram for 4 whistles.  After pressure releases,  again pressure cooked for 3 whistles.  Now,  i get the perfectly cooked Soft green gram. I cooked using it.

Few more kulambu recipes,
Thattai payaru kulambu
Vendakkai mor kulambu
Sundakkai vatha kulambu
Drumstick poricha kulambu

check out the pachai payaru kulambu recipe below with step by step pictures.  Hope you like it.  Try it and leave a comment that how it turns out to you .

Enjoy the food! 

Ingredients  : 

.  pachai payaru /green gram  - 1 cup 

.  Shallots - 8 (chopped )

.  tomato - 1 medium sized (roughly chopped )

.  garlic cloves - 6 

.  green chilli - 1 

.  dry red chillies - 2

.  curry leaves  - 1 sprig 

.  Turmeric powder  - 1/2 tsp 

.  Oil - 1 tblsp 

.  Mustard seeds  - 1 tsp 

.  Cumin seeds - 1 tsp 

.  Asafoetida  - 1 pinch 

.  Salt to taste

Method :

            1.  Soak pachai payaru overnight. Take green gram, tomato, garlic, green chilli, water and turmeric powder in pressure cooker.  Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles. Mash it with laddle.  Keep it aside. 

           2.  Heat oil in a kadai.  Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.  After it crackle,  add chopped shallots,  curry leaves, asafoetida  and dry red Chillies. Saute for a min. 

         3.  Add the mashed dal. Mix it well.  Add required water and salt. Cook for 8-10 min in medium flame.  Serve. 

Pictorial : 

           1) Soak green gram overnight. 

          2) Take soaked green gram,  roughly chopped tomatoes, garlic,  green chilli, turmeric powder and 1 cup of water in a pressure cooker. 

           3) Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles. 

           4) Mash it with a laddle. 

           5) Heat oil in a kadai.  Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds .

          6) After it crackle,  add shallots, curry leaves, dry red Chillies and asafoetida. 

          7) Saute for a min. 

         8) Add mashed dal. 

         9) Mix it well.  Add 1/2 cup of water. 

           10) Add salt. 

           11) Cook for 8-10 min in medium flame. 

           12) Pachai payaru kulambu is ready.  Serve.