Looking for a recipe...search here

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Roasted Vanpayar Curry


Roasted vanpayar / red gram curry makes a delicious curry to have along with rice. In conversation with my father, he recollected a vanpayar curry that his mother used to make. Along with my father i cooked this vanpayar curry and we enjoyed a good meal.

Ingredients

1 cup - Brown vanpayar

To grind

1/2 shell - Coconut, grated
6 - Shallots / small onion
1/2 tsp - Jeera / Cumin seeds
5 -  Dry red chilli Or 1 tsp -  Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp - Turmeric powder

Seasoning

1 tsp - Mustard seeds
4 - shallots, sliced
4 - Dry red chili
2 tbsp - Grated coconut
2 to 4 sprigs - Curry leaves

Method

1 ) Wash the vanpayar well and drain off the water. In a big pan dry roast the payar, on low flame, till you get the roasted smell. Cool the payar. Then transfer the payar into a blender and pulse, two to three times to crush it. Do not powder it, just have to get it crushed and split.

2 ) In a pressure cooker, add two cups of water and make it warm. When warm, add the crushed payar to it. Close the lid and pressure cook. After the first whistle, simmer and cook for 3 more whistles. Turn off the cooker.

3 ) Grind in a blender the ingredients listed to be ground with enough water. Open the cooker and add ground paste. Add enough water to get a thick gravy. Add salt to taste and bring to a boil. Simmer for two to three minutes and turn off the stove.

4 ) In a pan heat 2 to 3 tbsp coconut oil. Add mustard, then dry chili, then shallots and fry it to light brown color. Then add the grated coconut and fry it to a light brown color. Add curry leaves and pour this seasoning on top of the payar curry. Cover with lid.




Serve along with rice to make a delicious meal.

8 comments:

Az said...

Looks delicious.. new to me..

Indian Khana said...

wow this looks so delish .....

Chitra said...

Wish to try .. bookmarked..

Reva said...

Yummy curry..
Reva

Unknown said...

Hey Pravs

It looks yummy. I feel like trying the way you have prepared although I prepare Vanpayar curry in a different way -my mother's style.

Preeti Nambiar

ANN said...

Ever since I was a child I love curry. Anyway, I love to try yours, its new to me and it looks delicious.

sorebrek said...

Hi, really intrigued by this recipe. When you say half shell of grated coconut, how much would that be in terms of a measuring cup, say 1 cup?

Pravs said...

Sorebrek - Hi there. You can take about 1 to 1.5 cup grated coconut.Do try the recipe and give a feedback :)