Kadala curry recipe

Kadala Curry recipe

                 Kadala curry is one of the best recipe from kerala with delicious aroma with cocunut oil. This is one of the best combinational recipe with puttu and kadala curry. Enjoy the taste of cocunut oil in kadala curry.

Ingredients needed: 

• Brown Kondaikadalai/Kala channa -2 cups (cooked)
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
• Onion - 2 medium/1 cup chopped 
• Green chilli -1 slit    
• Tomato -1
• Grated coconut - 3/4 cup 
• Oil-1 tsp
• Red Chillies-2
• Curry leaves- few

Spice Powder:

• Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp 
• Chilli powder -3/4 -1 tbsp 
• Coriander powder -4 tsp 
• Garam masala powder-1 tsp 
• Salt - as needed

For the seasoning:

• Cocunut Oil - 2 tbsp 
• Mustard seeds -1 tsp 
• Hing -a pinch 

Method:

• Soak channa overnight or for 5-6 hours. Pressure cook for 3 whistles or until soft with a little salt and just enough water.

• Heat 1/2 tsp of oil and saute coconut on medium flame until it turns golden brown. Grind it to a smooth paste.

• Chop onions and tomatoes to medium size pieces. Keep everything ready.

• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, hing, when mustard splutters, add ginger garlic paste and saute until the raw flavor goes.

• Then add onions, green chilli and saute until onions turn light brown. Add a little salt to the onions to speed up the process.

• Add tomatoes and cook until tomatoes become mushy.

• Once the tomato is cooked, add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt needed and saute until the raw flavor of the masala powder goes. If it becomes too dry, add a tbsp of water and cook.

• Then add the cooked kadala along with the water. Add the ground coconut paste and cook for a few minutes. 

• Heat 2 tsp of oil, saute red chillies and curry leaves and add to the gravy. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with puttu ,appam ,chapati or dosa.