Raw Banana & Green Gram Puzhukku

Ingredients:

1. Green gram/Cherupayar - 1/2 cup soaked over night and pressure cooked until soft.
2. Green banana  - 3 cut into cubes after scrapping off the outermost skin.
3. Shallots - 3 (slice 2 and keep aside)
4. Green chillies - 4
5. garlic - 1 clove
6. salt - to taste
7. grated coconut - 1/2 cup
8. curry leaves - 2 springs
9. mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
10. Dry red chilly - 1 broken into few pieces
11. Oil - 1tbsp

Method:
grind together the grated coconut,1 shallot and green chillies and garlic into a coarse paste.
Cook the cubed green banana with salt and water.
When this is cooked add in the cooked green gram and salt and mix well, there should be some water remaining.
Add in the coconut mixture and mix.Cover and cook for 2 minutes on a low flame.Turn the flame off.
Heat oil and add mustard seeds.When they splutter add the curry leaves , slices shallots and red chillies and fry until light brown.
Add the green gram and banana mixture into this and mix well.
Serve with rice or kanji.