Name: Cherupayar Olathiyathu
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 250m g Green gram (soaked overnight); 3 nos Onion (chopped); 5 nos Green chillies (cut length wise); 1 tbsp Ginger and garlic (grated); 10 nos Dry red chillies (torn); 10 nos Shallots/Small onions (crushed, Kunjulli); 5 tbsp Coconut oil; 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds; 1 tsp Red chilly powder; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 2 springs Curry leaves; Water (As reqd); Salt (As reqd)

Cherupayar Olathiyathu

Green gram dry fry

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

250m g Green gram soaked overnight
3 nos Onion chopped
5 nos Green chillies cut length wise
1 tbsp Ginger and garlic grated
10 nos Dry red chillies torn
10 nos Shallots/Small onions crushed, Kunjulli
5 tbsp Coconut oil
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Red chilly powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
2 springs Curry leaves
Water As reqd
Salt As reqd

Instructions

For preparing cherupayar olathiyathu, make a fine paste out of the red chillies, shallots(2 nos), 1/4th tsp ginger and garlic.
In a pressure cooker add the chopped onions, green gram, salt, green chillies, the remaining ginger, garlic, curry leaves, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, 1 tbsp of oil and water. Pressure cook it for approximately 5 whistles.
Then heat a pan over low flame, add oil and splutter mustard seeds.
Toss in 1 or 2 dry red chillies and put it into the mustard. When it is done add the remaining crushed shallots and curry leaves.
To this add the pressure cooked green gram and heat it untill it becomes a semi solid consistency. Remove it from the flame.
Cherupayar olathiyathu is ready. Serve with puttu or kanji.

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Cherupayar Olathiyathu