Pacha Payir Kulambu Recipe (South Indian Style Green Gram Curry)

Name: Pacha Payir Kulambu Recipe (South Indian Style Green Gram Curry)
Prep time: 140 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 160 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: South Indian Recipes
Ingredients: 1 cup Green Moong Dal (Whole); 1 null Onion finely chopped; 1 null Tomato finely chopped; 2 null Green Chillies slit; 2 null Dry Red Chillies; null Asafoetida (hing) a pinch; 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi); 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder; 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder (Dhania); 1 teaspoon Sambar Powder; null Salt as required; 1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu); 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera); 2 teaspoons Oil

Swathy Nandhini

December 5, 2017

3102 Ratings

Pacha Payir Kulambu Recipe (South Indian Style Green Gram Curry)

Time:Prep: 2h 20m|Cook: 20 M|Total: 2h 40min

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Lunch

Cuisine:South Indian Recipes

Pacha Payir Kulambu is a healthy south Indian side dish for rice, dosa and chapathi. It is simple, easy to make and good to include in our diet often. I love to eat this curry as side dish for chapathi. You can also make the it with sprouted green gram, making it a healthier version.

Serve Pacha Payir Kulambu along with Beetroot Thoran and Steamed Rice for a weekday meal.

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Serve Pacha Payir Kulambu along with Beetroot Thoran and Steamed Rice for a weekday meal.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Kulambu recipes such as

Ingredients

1 cup Green Moong Dal (Whole)

1 Onion, finely chopped

1 Tomato, finely chopped

2 Green Chillies, slit

2 Dry Red Chillies

Asafoetida (hing), a pinch

1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)

1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder

1 teaspoon Coriander Powder (Dhania)

1 teaspoon Sambar Powder

Salt, as required

1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)

1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)

2 teaspoons Oil

Instructions for Pacha Payir Kulambu Recipe (South Indian Style Green Gram Curry)

To begin making the Pacha Payir Kulambu recipe, wash the green gram and soak in water for 2 hours. Once done, add it to pressure cooker along with required water. Pressure cook for 5-6 whistles.

Once the pressure seizes, open the lid, slightly mash the green gram with ladle. Mashing it is optional.

Heat a heavy bottomed pan with oil on a medium flame. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Once it splutters, add asafoetida, slitted green chilli and red chilli.

Add chopped onion and saute until translucent. Add chopped tomatoes and cook until mushy.

Once the tomatoes are mushy, add cooked green gram along with required water for the gravy.

Add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and sambar powder to it. Mix well, cover the pan and cook for 10-15 minutes on a low flame.

Once everything is combined well turn off the flame and garnish the kulambu with coriander leaves.

Serve Pacha Payir Kulambu along with Beetroot Thoran and Steamed Rice for a weekday meal.