Yesterday, started with a bad note. I didn’t have any mood to enter the kitchen even though my kid had to leave to school around 8.45 am. Somehow I managed to make Puttu (Funnel cake in English but for I use coconut shell as puttu maker instead of the usual aluminum funnel) and Cherupayaru (green gram) thoran. Puttu, cherupayaru thoran and fried pappad are the ideal breakfast combination for me. Since I was very lazy to fry pappad, i thought of frying sardine, already marinated and kept in the fridge. So the three meal of the day i managed with the same curry.
Usually cherupayaru thoran is prepared as a side dish for Kanji (rice porridge) during the rainy season. Regular intake of cherupayaru compensate the protein requirement in our body. Try, you will also enjoy it.
puttu, cherupayaru thoran and maththi varuthathu
Lunch for my kid Rice, cherupayaru thoran and chemmeen fry
My lunch rice, maththi varuthathu and cherupayaru thoran
Rice flour and banana steamed together with coconut scraped, for my daughter
Ingredients for Cherupayaru thoran:
- Green gram or cherupayaru – 1 cup ( soak over night in enough water)
- Coconut scraped – 1 cup
- Garlic flakes – 5-6 no’s (crushed)
- Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Green chilly – 3 no’s, broken
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Red chilly powder – 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
Seasoning:
- Oil – 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Onion – 3-4 no’s, small and chopped
- Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
Method of Preparation:
- Pressure cook soaked green gram with 1/2 cup water and salt to taste ( 2 whistles will be enough and let the pressure subside within by itself)
- Rub coconut scraped, garlic, cumin seeds, turmeric and chilly powder with a pinch of salt
- Heat oil in a wok and season all the items given and fry coconut mixture for 2 mins
- Stir in cooked green gram and saute for 3 mins over simmer
- Serve it with anything of your choice
