Red Gram With Sorrel

Ingredients:

• ·         Red gram  – 2 cups.
• ·         Sorrel – 3 cups.
• ·         Chopped Onion- 2 tablespoons.
• ·         Green chilli – 4.
• ·         Crushed Garlic – 3 tablespoons.
• ·         Chopped Dry Red chilli – 3 tablespoons.
• ·         Mustard – 1/2 tablespoon.
• ·         Cumin – 1/2 tablespoon.
• ·         Curry leaves –few.
• ·         Salt to taste.
• ·         Red chilli powder – 2 tablespoons.
• ·         Oil  as required.
• ·         Water – 5 cups.
• ·         Chopped coriander – 2 tablespoons.

Instructions to Prepare Red Gram with Sorrel:

Step 1: Firstly clean the sorrel and red gram then soak the red gram for about 30 minutes.  

Step 2 : Take a cooker add soaked red gram, and chopped onions, chopped green chillies, and  4 cups water cover the cooker pan with lid cook it for  5 whistles set it aside till the pressure goes off.

Step 3: Mash the red gram with wooden spoon.

Step 4: Take a pan add boiled and mashed red gram, chopped sorrel, chopped coriander, red chilli powder, one cup of water and salt as per taste cook it 10 minutes.

Step 5: Meanwhile take a frying pan for tempering pour oil, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, slightly crushed garlic cloves, few curry leaves and chopped red chilli cook it for about 5 minutes in medium flame.

Step 6:  And add this seasoning in cooked red gram blend it well then heat off.

Step 7: Try and serve this tasty red gram with sorrel is the best combination of rice and idli.