Category: Soups & Dal, Vegetarian Recipes
Cuisine: Indian, Kerala, South Indian
Yields:
6 Servings
Difficulty: Medium
“Erissery” is a coconut based curry dish from Kerala. Here is an easy erissery recipe. You can use either plantain or green bananas for this recipe.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Soak mung beans in water about 6 hours or overnight.
- Drain water from soaked beans and place it in a pressure cooker or pan, adding 2 cups of water. Peel and cut plantain/green banana into small cubes and add them to the pan. Add turmeric, chopped green chillies, cumin, garlic and salt and cook about 15 minutes or up to 3 whistles in the pressure cooker.
- Cool and pour the cooked beans and plantain in a blender. Add coconut and some more water and blend this into a smooth curry consistency.
- Transfer the curry into a saucepan and bring it to a simmer.
- Meanwhile for the tadka, heat oil in a small pan. Add mustard seeds. When seeds splutter, add finely chopped shallots/small onion. Let the onions brown completely. Now add 2 whole chillies and curry leaves. Saute for 30 seconds and pour this tadka (tempering) over the simmering curry. Stir well and enjoy eriserry with rice and papadoms.