This recipe using Pacha payar (known as pesara pappu in Telugu and payatham paruppu in Tamil) and coconut is something mom used to make as an accompaniment to breakfast. We used to eat it as is mostly and my dad loves it!
Its ridiculously simple to make and though I call it thoran, it uses just 3-4 ingredients and doesn’t follow the usual recipe for thoran. Its also very healthy since it uses very little oil and no spices.
Serves 2
Ingredients:
Pacha payar/green gram – 1 cup
Freshly grated coconut – 1/3 cup (adjust according to taste)
Dried red chillies – 3-4
Oil (I use coconut oil) – 2 tsp
Salt – to taste
How I Made It:
1. Pressure cook the green gram till well done (3-4 whistles).
2. Heat oil in a pan, break the chillies into 2-3 pieces and fry lightly in it. Take care not to burn it.
3. Now add the coconut and fry for about 15 seconds.
4. Finally add the green gram with some salt and stir in well.
Serve hot.
Does it get any easier than this? 🙂
Nice, green & healthy
My mom makes almost all poriyals using this method.. simple and the veggie's taste comes through beautifully…
Sugitha – I don’t soak the payar overnight. Just pressure cook it for 4 whistles.
Hi Nags: great recipe. Just one question: Do you soak Pacha payaru overnight or pressure cook the dry ones?
You have a great blog!! and I love your pics…
this is a gr8 recipe…we call this Usli in Kannada. Best part is its simplicity!!
Nags, this is a beautiful one dish meal…. and great as a salad, so simple and so easy to put together ..
My mom used to make it, one of my favorites.. She used to make kadala the same way too… Loved both!
Howz work going? I find it hard to go back after a weekend, how was it after the long break? 🙂