Green Gram Sundal

Cooking Time: 10 Minutes

Quantity: Serves 4

Ingredients:

Green gram - 200 gms
Whole red chillies - 3
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Grated Coconut - 2 tbsp
Salt - To taste
Curry leaves - few
Hing / asafoetida - 1 pinch
Oil - 1 tsp
Water - To soak and cook Green gram

Jaggery -  1 small piece (Break it into very tiny pieces)

Preparation:

• Soak green gram over night with ample water.
• Add little salt and pressure cook it with 2 whistles. If you want it to be into slightly mashed consistency then cook with 1 more whistle.
• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds to splutter. Add the split red chillies, hing and curry leaves, grated coconut to the tempering.
• Add the cooked green gram to the tempering.
• Adjust salt according to taste.
• This could be served as it is. For a different sweetish flavour, add a small piece of jaggery and mix well.