Kerala style Parippu or lentil curry made in the Instant Pot, this is one of the curries served in Sadya.
This Onam, I made all the dishes in the Instant Pot, sharing the recipe for making Parippu or Mung dal curry.
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Instant Pot Parippu Curry- Lentil Curry- Instant Pot Kerala Sadya Recipe
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Author: Thasneen
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 6 People
Ingredients
- Moong dal- 1 cup, rinsed
- Water- 2 cups
- Salt- 1 tsp
For grinding
- Coconut grated- 1 cup
- Green chilies- 2 (or depending on your spice level)
- Garlic, chopped- 2 cloves
- Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
- Curry leaves- 1 sprig
- Cumin seeds- ½ tsp
- Water- ½ cup
For Seasoning
- Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
- Whole red dried chilies- 2, halved
- Small pearl onions, chopped- 4, or 1 shallot
- Curry leaves- 1 sprig
- Ghee- 2 tbsp
Instructions
- To the stainless steel pot, add moong dal with water and salt.
- No need to soak the moong dal in water, just rinse it under running water taken in a strainer.
- Close the pot with the lid.
- Select pressure cook setting, Set time to 10 minutes at high pressure.
- After 10 minutes of cooking, do a quick pressure release.
- Open the lid, combine the cooked mung dal well.
- Grind the above-mentioned ingredients 'for grinding' in a blender to a smooth paste and keep aside.
- Add the ground mixture to the cooked moong dal and combine everything well.
- Add 1 cup water, combine well.
- Add ½ to 1 tsp salt based on your needs.
- Turn on Saute setting at medium temperature.
- Cook in saute setting for 5 minutes until the raw smell of the coconut goes away.
- Remove the pot from the main pot and keep it covered.
Cooking the Seasoning
- In a frying pan, heat ghee. As soon as the ghee turns hot, add mustard seeds. Let splutter.
- Add chopped small onion, fry till they turn golden in color.
- Add whole dried red chilies halved and curry leaves, saute for a few seconds.
- Pour this seasoning over the Parippu/lentil curry and close with the lid so that the aroma will infuse into the curry.
- Serve along with rice.
- First course in Sadya is rice, parippu and drizzle some ghee over it and enjoy.
