Mung bean stir fry with coconut, garlic and green chilly. A relatively simple Kerala side dish - prepared together with rice/rice porridge/kanji for lunch. A comfort food and a very common dish at Kerala homes. I always get good quality organic dal and pulses from Bigbasket's organic section, when I was in Bangalore.
Moong Bean / Green gram stir fry with coconut (Cherupayar Thoran - Kerala Style)
 Mung bean stir fry with coconut, garlic and green chilly. A relatively simple Kerala side dish - prepared together with rice/rice porridge/kanji for lunch. A comfort food and a very common dish at Kerala homes.
Ingredients
Pressure Cook
- 1 cup bean / moong dal Whole Moon cherupayar
- 1 ½ cups water
- salt
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
Crush
- 1 ¼ cups coconut grated
- 5 numbers green chilli
- 1 teaspoon garlic (crushed)
- ½ teaspoon ginger (crushed)
- 1 pinch jeera
Stir Fry
- ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 6 numbers shallot
- coconut oil
Instructions
- Pressure cook - Clean the beans and add it in a pressure cooker. Add salt, turmeric powder and water. Pressure cook on medium high flame for two whistles.
- Crush - By that time, crush garlic, ginger and green chili well. Then add grated coconut and a pinch of jeera. Crush it just to blend everything well. Don't grind it. Keep it aside.
- Slice shallots. Heat oil in a pan. Splutter mustard seeds and then add curry leaves. Add shallots and saute it until soft and translucent. Add crushed mixture to the pan and saute for a couple of minutes. Don't let it brown.
- Then add cooked beans along with remaining water. Taste the beans and add more salt if needed. Raise the flame and keep sauteing the mixture till the water evaporates and the mixture is blended well.
- Enjoy with Rice/Rice porridge/kanji and Moru curry 🙂
Notes
Nutrition
Serving: 149gCalories: 74kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.3gSodium: 11mgPotassium: 82mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 15IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 9mgIron: 1mg
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Do you have dry chilies also in this recipe?
The recipe doesn't have dry chillies. I used it as garnish.
I so love this thing. Tastes best when they service it with kanji and kaduku manga pickle at church after the long day good friday service :)
Totally agree. Kanji and payar is the best combination :)
Just came across your website. Have bookmarked it. Going to try a few recipes for sure. Nice pictures and easy to browse site. Thank you for sharing
Thanks a lot! Try out the recipes and lemme know how it turns out for you :)