Pachai Pattani Kurma

Description

My home town special, Dried Green peas cooked in coconut milk gravy. List might look long, but its worth a try. (Dried Green Peas Kurma / More like a Green Pea Soup cooked with coconut milk)

Ingredients-1
1 cup	Dried green peas
2 no	Onion (diced)
1 no	Tomato (diced)
1 no	Green chilli
1 tsp	Ginger garlic paste
1 pinch	Mustard
¼ tsp	Cumin seeds
1 pinch	Fennel seeds
1 no	Bay leaf
2 nos	Cloves
2 nos	Cardamon
2 nos	Cinnamon stick (small)
3 nos	Black stone flower/ kalpasi
5 nos	Curry leaves
2 pinch	Turmeric powder
½ tsp	Red chilli powder
1 tsp	Coriander /dhania powder
1 tsp	Salt (or to taste)
5 tsp	Oil / ghee
3 stks	Coriander leaves (for garnishing)

Ingredients-2
1 cup	Coconut grated
3 nos	Cashews
2 tsp	Split roasted gram / roasted channa dal
½ cup	Water

Instructions

Wash and soak dried green peas overnight. Grind all ingredients in table-2 to make a thick paste. Heat oil / ghee in a pressure cooker, season with mustard, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, cinnamon, cloves, cardamon, bay leaf, black stone flower and curry leaves. Saute onions and green chilli until they turn golden, then add ginger garlic paste and tomatoes. Cook them along with turmeric, red chilli powder and coriander powder. Wash again the pre- soaked green peas, drain all the water and add it to the onion tomato gravy along with salt. Add 2 cups water and pressure cook for 4 whistles and switch off. Once the steam is released, open carefully, add the ground coconut paste and bring it to a boil. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with hot steaming idlis / dosai /roti.