Green Gram Dhal (Passiparuppu)

I only know that green gram is used for sweet desserts since young. One of my brother's fav dish. When i got to know my colleague Jaya. She always tell me that for chapati she cooked green gram dal. I was amused and asked her for the recipe. It was very easy and cooked in less then 30mins. Was tasty and my hubby loved it.

Ingredients:-

1/2 cup Green Gram (Passiparuppu).
3 pcs of chilli padi (oosi millagai) if u dont have these small red baby chillies, you can use 3-4 green chillies.
1 Tomato
1 tsp coriander seeds
2 Garlic
small ginger
small ball of tamarind
1 Onion
1 tsp Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
2-3 dry red chilli

Method:-
In a pressure cooker, add in the green gram, chillies, tomato, coriander seeds, garlic and ginger. Add in some salt and little bit of oil and close the lid and put in the stove. Close the stove after 5 whistles. Wait till all the pressured air is gone out.

I prefer to grind the cooked green gram instead of mashing it. Just 2-3 quick rounds is enough.

In a pan, add a little bit of oil, when the oil is hot, add in the curry leaves, dry red chilli and mustard seeds. Then add in the onion and stir fry for awhile. Pour in the green gram mixture.

I like the green gram to be watery, so i add around 1/2 cup of water and then another 1/2 cup of tamarind mix water. Put salt according to taste and bring to a boil.

Ready to serve with chapati.