Parippu Curry- A Nice dish for Onasadhya


Ingredients:

Moong dal 100 gm (approximately 1 cup)

Grated coconut – half of one coconut

Green chilli – 2-3 chupped

Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp

Garlic – 3 flakes

Small onion – 3-4 chupped

Mustard seeds – a pinch

Red chilli – 2

Cumin Seeds – 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves – A few

Salt to taste

Water 1/2 ltr


Method:

Roast the moong dal in a heavy bottomed pan (without oil). Boil half liter water and add the roasted dal to this.

Add salt as taste. Cook till the dal is done. Grind coconut, green chillies, cumin seeds, half of curry leaves, turmeric powder and garlic to a paste. Add this to the mashed dal and simmer for 1 minutes.

Mash it well with the back side of your ladle (karchhi). Remove from heat. Heat oil/ghee in another pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add small onion, curry leaves and red chilli.

Fry till small onion becomes golden brown. Pour over cooked dal. Serve with rice and pappad, wait… don’t start eating… drizzle some ghee on the curry. Some people like it to be watery. So you can add more water if you need.