Green Gram Potato Curry / Cherupayar Curry

 Green gram potato curry also known as Cherupayar curry in Kerala is a very tasty and easy to prepare healthy curry made with green gram adding potato, tomato, onion and can be served with rice, puttu and chapathi.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Green Gram Potato Curry / Cherupayar Curry.

Ingredients:-

Green gram/ Cherupayar.-1cup
Potato.                   -1
Tomato.                - 1
Onion.                   -1
Green chilly.         -2 half slit
Garlic cloves.        -5 small
Turmeric powder.  -1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder.-1 tsp
Mustard seeds.       -1 tsp
Cumin seeds.         -1/2 tsp
Dry red chilly.       -1
Curry leaves.         -few
Salt.                       -to taste
Coconut oil.          -1 tbsp
Water.                    -as needed

Instructions on:-

1). Wash and soak green gram in water overnight. Chop potato into small pieces. Chop tomato into 4 pieces. Half slit green chillies. Slightly crush garlic cloves. Keep aside.

2). In a pressure cooker add soaked green gram, chopped potato, chopped tomato, half slit green chillies, turmeric powder, a pinch of salt and 2 cups of water and cook for 5 whistles. Keep aside the cooked green gram potato tomato mixture along with cooked water.

Method:-

1). Heat 1tbsp coconut oil in a wide bottom pan and splutter mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Add one dry red chilly broken into pieces and a few curry leaves into the pan and saute in oil. Add crushed garlic cloves into the pan and saute well.

2). Add finely chopped onion into the pan and saute well till onion turns translucent.

3). Add red chilly powder into the pan and mix well.

4). Add cooked green gram potato tomato mixture along with cooked water into the pan and mix well.

5). Add required salt and little more water into the pan. Mix well and boil the curry for 5 minutes on low flame and switch off the flame.

A very tasty Green Gram Potato Curry / Cherupayar Curry is ready to serve with rice, puttu and chapathi.