Van Payar(Red Gram) Thoran

Van payar thoran is an authentic Kerala dish served along with Kanji (rice porridge). Payar or Red gram is high in protein. So Kanji & payar makes a complete meal. Instead of red gram we can also use cheru payar or green gram in this recipe.

Preparation time- 20 mins

Ingredients

Red Beans/ Van Payar/ Big Gram- 1 cup
Coconut- 1/2 cup grated
Red chilly Powder- 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder- a pinch
Coconut Oil- 2 tbsp
Garlic- 1 no
Salt to taste
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Red chilly- 1 no
Curry Leaves- 1 Strand

Method

Soak red gram in water for atleast an hour to make cooking easy or else you can pressure cook it. Add salt to red gram during cooking. 

Very coarsely grind coconut, garlic, red chilly powder and turmeric powder.

Heat Coconut oil in a pan and add Mustard seeds. Once they pop, add Red chilli and curry leaves.

Add red gram & coconut mixture to the pan & saute till everything mix up and becomes a bit dry. Check salt & add if necessary.

Your payar thoran is ready. Serve it with hot,steaming Kanji.
Happy meal :)

PS:-

• I used a 240 ml standard measuring cup.
• I used ordinary Red Chilly Powder.