Name: Broccoli With Red Lentils
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 3 heads Broccoli (Pulsed in the food processor); 3/4 cup Red Gram/Vanpayar/Red lentils; 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds; 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder (Jeerakam); 1/4 tsp Red chilly powder; 3/4 cup Coconut (grated); 3 cloves Garlic (crushed); 3 nos Shallots (sliced, Kunjulli); 3 nos Green chilly (slit into 2 lengthwise); Curry leaves (Few); Salt (As reqd); Oil (As reqd)

Broccoli With Red Lentils

A healthy and delicious thoran

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

3 heads Broccoli Pulsed in the food processor
3/4 cup Red Gram/Vanpayar/Red lentils
1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Cumin Powder Jeerakam
1/4 tsp Red chilly powder
3/4 cup Coconut grated
3 cloves Garlic crushed
3 nos Shallots sliced, Kunjulli
3 nos Green chilly slit into 2 lengthwise
Curry leaves Few
Salt As reqd
Oil As reqd

Instructions

Wash the lentils(vanpayar) and cook them in a pressure cooker with crushed garlic, salt and little water upto 6-7 whistles.
Remove from heat and keep aside until the pressure from the cooker has gone.
Wash the broccoli well. Cut it into chunks and transfer it into a food processor. Pulse it until its coarsely minced.
Add the shallots, green chillies, coconut and curry leaves with the shredded broccoli and mix well with hands.
Splutter the mustard seeds. Add broccoli mixture and cook for 10 minutes. Do not add water. Add the cooked lentils(vanpayar).
Add salt to taste. Mix well. Cook until the broccoli is done.

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Broccoli With Red Lentils