Cherupayar Mulappichathu + Chicken Curry (Sprouted Green Gram + Chicken Curry)

Ingredients for Cherupayar Mulappichathu + Chicken Curry (Sprouted Green Gram + Chicken Curry):

For Sprouted Green Gram:

1. Sprouted green gram – 1 cup
2. Onions – 2, chopped fine
   Green chilli – 1, chopped fine
   Salt – For taste

For Chicken Curry:

3. Chicken – 1 kg, cut into pieces
4. Red chilli powder – 1 small spoon
   Turmeric powder – ½ small spoon
   Garam masala powder – 1/2 small spoon
   Salt – For taste
5. Coconut oil – As required
6.  Shallots chopped – 2 cups
   Curry leaves – As required
   Salt – For taste
7. Ginger chopped fine – 1 big spoon
   Garlic chopped fine – 1 big spoon
8. Chilli powder – 2 big spoons
   Coriander powder – 1 big spoon
   Garam masala powder – 1 small spoon
   Fennel powder – ½ small spoon
   Pepper powder – 1 small spoon
   Fenugreek powder – A pinch
9. Tomato – 2, made to a fine paste
10. Water – As required
11. Mustard – ½ small spoo
    Shallots – 2, chopped into round pieces
    Red chillies – 2, split into two
    Curry leaves – A stalk

How to prepare Cherupayar Mulappichathu + Chicken Curry (Sprouted Peas + Chicken Curry)?

1. Steam cook sprouted green gram for 5 minutes.
2. Add onions, green chillies, and salt, and mix them well.
3. Clean chicken and marinate with ingredients no: 4.
4. Allow it to rest for half an hour.
5. Heat oil in a pan, and sauté shallots, curry leaves, and salt.
6. When shallots turn brown, add ginger and garlic and sauté again.
7.  Add ingredients no: 8 to it and sauté again.
8. Add tomatoes, and when they turn dry, add chicken and mix for 2 more minutes.
9. Add sufficient water and cook the chicken with the lid closed.
10. Heat oil in a pan, and sauté ingredients no: 11, and add to the curry.
11. You can serve sprouted green gram with chicken curry.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine February 15-28, 2018

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