Siru keerai masiyal | Siru keerai[Tropical amaranth] kadaiyal

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, South India | Cooking Time: 10 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: rice | Type: Lunch Gravy, curry,masiyal, kadayal

Ingredients

• Green gram [pachai payaru] – 1 cup
• Sambar onion [shallots] – 8
• Red chilli – 2 [slit]
• Garlic – 2 cloves [mashed]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Mustard seeds – ½ tbsp
• Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp
• Coriander seeds – ½ tbsp
• Red chilli powder – ¼ tsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Coriander powder – ¼ tsp
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed
• Oil – 2 tbsp
  

Method

• Dry roast green gram, wash & boil. Put it in a pressure cooker then cook for 4 whistles.
• Heat pan with oil then add mustard seeds, cumin & coriander seeds & let it splutter. Then add sambar onion & garlic sauté till soft.
• Add fresh red chilli & curry leaves then add boiled green gram, turmeric & red chilli powder mix well.
• Add coriander powder & let it boil.
• Once cooked mash with wooden masher then add salt cut off heat sprinkle coconut oil or ghee then serve hot with rice.
  

Simple green gram gravy