Toovar Dal With Coconut

Kerala festival Vishu( New year ) is approaching it's on April 14th 2016 & I'm wishing my readers a happy & prosperous Vishu !!!! So here I'm updating another Kerala  sadhya recipe Dal curry with coconut (Parippu curry) :) :)
Sadhya is not complete without Parippu curry, it's a traditional Kerala dish made with toovar Dal & coconut paste  the way my mom used to make & drizzle it with ghee while serving :) :)
Nowadays it's even made with split green gram Dal with out coconut, i prefer the traditional version. For me  this dish is just a divine you don't even need any side dish to go with  dal curry it tastes so good on it's own. Goes well with steamed rice , Ghee rice or rotis.

So let's now go into making of this Kerala version nadan parippu curry it's yummy :)

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Ingredients :

Serves : 4

• 1/2  cup / 100 gm toovar dal .
• 1/4 cup grated coconut.
• 2 red chilies.
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder.
• 1/2 tsp jeera / cumin seeds.
• 2 green chilies.
• 1/2 tsp grated ginger or paste.
• 1 tbsp +1 tsp ghee.
• 1 thinly sliced onion.
• Few curry leaves.

Method :

• Wash the dal & soak for 5-10 min.
• Pressure cook the dal with 1/4 turmeric powder, ginger, green chilly ( just give a slit ), 2 cups water, 1 tsp ghee & cook till dal is tender( you might need 2=3 whistle ) do not over cook the dal. (discard  the green chilies)&  Keep aside.
• Meanwhile grind the coconut, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, red chilies to a fine paste, when it's fine add the jeera & blend for 2 min.
• Add the coconut paste to the dal with the salt to taste  &let it boil for 5-7 min or till the dal curry is thick on low flame once it's thick off the flame.
• Now prepare the tadka, heat ghee in a pan add the thinly sliced onions & saute to a golden brown color add the curry leaves saute for a sec & add to the dal & mix it well.
• While serving drizzle ghee over it. 

Happy Vishu