Green Papaya – Dal Curry (Pacha Papaya Paripp Curry)

Ingredients for Green Papaya – Dal Curry (Pacha Papaya Paripp Curry):

1. Green papaya – 1, cut to small pieces

    Turmeric powder – ½ small spoon

    Toor daal (pigeon pea) – ¼ cup

    Salt – For taste

    Water – 2 cups

2. Coconut scrapped – ½ cup

    Cumin seeds – 1 pinch

    Green chillies – 5

    Turmeric powder – ¼ small spoon

     Shallots – 2

3. Oil – 3 small spoons

4. Mustard – 1 small spoon

    Shallots chopped to thin round pieces – ½ small spoon

    Curry leaves – A little

How to prepare Green Papaya – Dal Curry (Pacha Papaya Paripp Curry)?

1. Cook ingredients no: 1 in a pressure cooker and smash well.

2. Make a fine paste of ingredients no: 2.

3. Heat pan and sauté this gravy.

4. Add cooked papaya pieces to it.

5. Add sufficient salt and water and allow the contents to boil.

6. Put the flame off.

7. Heat oil and sauté ingredients no: 4. Pour this mixture to your papaya curry.

Archive: Vanitha Magazine 2010 February 15-28

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