Wishing everyone a happy Vishu! I am glad that this year Vishu is falling on a bank holiday weekend, so after ages we will get to celebrate Vishu the same day. We have a kerala sadya potluck planned and I am looking forward to eat a scrumptious sadya tomorrow.
Today I am sharing a simple Kerala parippu curry/dal curry which is served as a part of Kerala sadya. It’s so easy to make and you can whip it up in less than 30 minutes.
Ingredients
Moong
dal/cherupayar parippu – ¾ cup
To
grind
Grated
coconut – ¾ cup
Shallots
/cheriya ulli – 3
Cumin
seeds/ Jeerakam – ½ tsp
Green
chillies – 4
For tadka/ thalikkal
Coconut
oil /ghee
Mustard
seeds – 1 ½ tsp
Shallots/
cheriya ulli – 2
Curry
leaves – 1 sprig
Whole
red chilli – 3
Method
- Soak the dal for ½ an hour
- Pressure cook the dal for 2 -3 whistles
- Grind the grated coconut with ingredients mentioned above adding little water.
- Add the paste to the dal and bring to boil
- Finally in a small pan add oil/ghee sputter mustard seeds, add the finely chopped shallots.
- Fry it for some time until slightly brown.
- Finally add split whole red chilli and curry leaves and fry until red chillies get little dark
- Add the tadka to the parippu/dal
I love this curry with rice, so simple and comfort food at its best!
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