Kongunadu Pacha Payaru Kadayal | Mashed Green gram curry | Green Moon Dal mash | #simpleandyummyrecipes

Kongunadu pacha payaru kadayal / Coimbatore style pacha payaru kadayal / Green moong dal mash is a traditional recipe from the kongunadu region in Tamilnadu. It makes an excellent gravy for rice.  It is usually served with plain white rice and ghee. But it can be served it with chapati also.

Kadayal is a Tamil word for mashing the cooked ingredients together. We use wooden masher and deep vessel to mash the ingredients. Kadayal / mashing is a cooking technique widely used in Tamil cuisine.

Rice and kadayal recipe is one of the most comforting food. At my home, we make pacha payaru kadayal, kollu kadayal, kathrikkai kadayal, keerai masiyal. In English, they are called Mashed Green gram curry, Mashed Horse gram curry, Brinjal curry, and Greens curry.

More recipes from kongunadu cuisine

• Arisi paruppu sadham ( Lentil Rice )
• Selavu Aracha Kuzhambhu
• Kachayam - sweet recipe
• Kollu Kadayal - Horse gram mashed
• Sandhagai - Idiyappam
• Brinjal Kadayal for idli and dosa
• Adai Dosa

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 25 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

• Green gram - 1 cup
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Dry Red chili - 3 nos.
• Shallots - 10 to 15, chopped
• Garlic - 10 cloves, chopped
• Tomato - 3, chopped
• Turmeric powder - tsp
• Salt as required
• Oil - 2 tbsp

For tempering

• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
• Shallots - 5, chopped
• Garlic - 3 cloves, crushed
• few Curry leaves

Method:

• Dry roast the green gram in a frying pan or kadai for 5 mins on medium heat. Roast till it turns golden brown. 

• Wash the green gram and transfer them to a pressure cooker. Add 3 cups of water to it and pressure cook for 3 whistles. When the pressure goes down, open the lid and give a stir and keep aside.

• Now heat oil in a wok or kadai, when hot add cumin seeds and allow it to splutter.

• Next add dry red chili, and shallots and saute till the onion turn translucent.

• Then add the chopped garlic cloves and saute for 2 mins on medium heat.

• Next, add the chopped tomatoes and little salt. Cook till the tomatoes become soft and mushy.

• Then add the cooked green gram, turmeric powder, salt as required, and 2 cups of water. Mix well. Cook till the gravy becomes thick on medium heat, say abt 10 mins.

• Use either a wooden masher or an electric masher and mash the green gram gravy. Then transfer to a serving bowl.

• For tempering heat oil in a small kadai or frying pan, when hot add cumin seeds and allow it to splutter.

• Next, add the dry red chili, shallots, and garlic cloves and saute till translucent.

• Finally, add some curry leaves and saute for a minute. Pour the tempering into the green gram gravy and serve with plain white rice and a dollop of ghee.

Stepwise pictures of how to make pacha payaru kadayal recipe / green gram mash

Dry roast the green gram in a frying pan or kadai for 5 mins on medium heat. Roast till it turns golden brown.

Wash the green gram and transfer them to a pressure cooker. Add 3 cups of water to it and pressure cook for 3 whistles. When the pressure goes down, open the lid and give a stir and keep aside.

Now heat oil in a wok or kadai, when hot add cumin seeds and allow it to splutter.

Next add dry red chili, and shallots and saute till the onion turn translucent.

Then add the chopped garlic cloves and saute for 2 mins on medium heat.

Next, add the chopped tomatoes and little salt. Cook till the tomatoes become soft and mushy.

Then add the cooked green gram, turmeric powder, salt as required, and 2 cups of water. Mix well. Cook till the gravy becomes thick on medium heat, say abt 10 mins.

Use either a wooden masher or an electric masher and mash the green gram gravy. Then transfer to a serving bowl.

For tempering heat oil in a small kadai or frying pan, when hot add cumin seeds and allow it to splutter. Next, add the dry red chili, shallots, and garlic cloves and saute till translucent.

Finally, add some curry leaves and saute for a minute. Pour the tempering into the green gram gravy and serve with plain white rice and a dollop of ghee.

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