Green Gram Curry

                Usually the recipes using green gram are simple and tasty. Cooking with green gram is fast when compared to other pulses because the soaking and cooking time is less for green gram. For this simple recipe no grinding is also required.

Prep time 10 mins

Cooking time 15-20 mins

Ingredients 

1/2 cup Green Gram

2-3 Small Onion (Sambar Onion)

2 Tomatoes Medium sized

1 Green Chilly

1 tsp Cumin Seeds

1/2 tbsp Chilly powder

1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

1pinch Hing

as per taste Salt

For Seasoning

2 tsp Oil

1 Dried Chilly

1 tsp Mustard Seeds

1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds

Few Curry Leaves

Procedure

    First dry roast the green gram lightly ( until a good smell comes). Cut the small onion and green chilly lengthwise, and also cut the tomatoes.

   Then in a pressure cooker put the roasted green gram, cut onion, tomatoes, chilly along with cumin seeds, chilly powder, turmeric powder and hing. No need to add salt while pressure cooking. Let this cooker for 8-10 whistles. 

Now open the cooker, add salt as per your salt and mix the boiled green gram with your ladle.

Finally season the curry. Garnish it with Coriander leaves.

                 Note:  As we have not soaked the green gram 8- 10 whistles is needed.

• if you are soaking the green gram then 4-5 whistles will be enough for cooking
• the same can be done by sprouting the green gram also.

               While cooking the green gram it should not turn so mushy also.

The simple tasty green gram curry can be taken along with rice, roti, even idli and dosa.