BROWN CHANNA PALYA, PORIAL

INGREDIENTS:-

1. Brown channa                 1 cup  
2. Onion                              2
3. Green chilies                  5
4. Coconut                          1 tbsp
5. Coriander leaves            little
6. Water                             2 cups
7. Salt                                1 tsp

FOR SEASONING:-

1. Mustard seeds              1 tsp
2. Urad dhal                     1 tsp
3. Bengal gram dhal        1 tsp
4. Hing                            1/2 tsp
5. Curry leaves                few
6. Oil                               2 tbsp

METHOD

• Wash and soak the brown channa for 8 hours.
• Pressure cook channa for 8 whistles adding 2 cups of water, and salt.
• Drain the water and retain it for preparing rasam.
• Cut onion, coriander leaves, slit chilies, scrape coconut.
• Heat oil add seasoning, splutter mustard seeds, fry urad and Bengal gram dhal.
• Add hing and curry leaves, onion, and green chilies and fry for a minute.
• Add cooked channa and mix and fry for a minute on high heat.
• Sprinkle coconut and mix, garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with gravy, sambar, curd rice.