Payaru thoran(green gram thoran)

I can eat payaru thoran anytime. My grandma used to make the best payaru thoran in the whole wide world..
I remember attending good friday service at our family church, standing for a good 4 hours in the hot sun and later eating kanji and payaruthoran with a bit of mango pickle!!..

Ingredients
Green gram 250gm
freshly grated coconut 1 cup(if using dessicated coconut, soak in hot water for 15 mints)
2 cloves of garlic
1 t spn cumin(jeera) powder
1 t spn turmeric powder
salt
2 shallots sliced fine
3 dried red chilli cut in to small pieces
1 tbl spn coconut oil
wash the green gram, add 2 cups of water and cover slightly andcook on moderate heat till the gram is almost cooked and dry, add salt.
if you have a pounding stone, crush the garlic and the coconut,jeera powder and turmeric powder.
Make a well in the center of the gram and place the coconut mix in it. Cover it back with the gram from the sides. Close the lid and cook for another 5 mints on low heat. Open and stir gently.
heat oil in a kuali, add the shallots, when it is almost brown, add the red chillies.. fry for 30 seconds and add thee cooked gram.. stir it till it is mixed well. Serve with porridge!!