Pachai Payaru Kulambu (Green Moong Dal Curry)
By: Navaneetham Krishnan
Published: Wednesday, January 1, 2014 - 10:57pm

Ingredients




1 cup of pachai payaru/green moong dal - soaked for 3 hours and drain off water.
5 garlic - remove skin
5 shallots - remove skin
1/2 inch ginger - sliced
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tomato - sliced thinly
1 tbsp plain curry powder
1/2 cup coconut milk/cream
Salt for taste
For tempering
1 1/2 tbsp ghee/butter/oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
2-3 dried red chilies - snipped to tiny pieces
2-3 sprigs curry leaves

Preparation

1 Add dal, garlic, shallots, ginger, turmeric powder and 1/2 liter of water into a pot. 2 Simmer till dal is half cooked. 3 Add tomato, curry powder and season with salt. 4 Continue to simmer to soften dal. 5 Pour coconut milk, stir and remove from heat. 6 Temper cumin, dried chilies and curry leaves in ghee. 7 Pour over dal and stir.

About

Thick creamy aromatic curry; scented with curry leaves and ghee.