Pacha Payaru / Paasi Payaru Sundal

A healthy and festival special dish. Paasi payaru sundal is served as neivedhiyam for Varalakshmi vratham, Navarathri, Vinayagar chathurthi and many other occasions.

Preparation Time: 5 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1. Pacha payaru - ½ cup
2. Oil - 1 tbsp
3. Mustard - 1 tsp
4. Urad dhal - 1 tsp
5. Jeera - 1 tsp
6. Curry leaf - 1 sprig
7. Hing - a pinch
8. Red chili - 2
9. Coconut flakes - 3 tbsp
10. Salt - to taste

Preparation:

-   Soak pacha payaru for atleast 5 hrs .

Procedure:

1.  Pressure cook pacha payaru for 2 whistles with little salt. Filter excess water and set aside.

2.  Heat a medium sized pan with oil, then add mustard, urad dhal, jeera and allow it to sputter, Followed by curry leaf, hing, red chili.

3.  To this add cooked pacha payaru, coconut flakes and give a good stir. Adjust salt and serve hot.