Ingredients
Kadala – 250 gm
Grated coconut – 1 cup
Chilli powder – 2 tsp
Coriander powder – 3 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp
Garam masala – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
garlic chopped – 5 nos
Green chilli 2 nos
Onion sliced – 1 no
curry leaves
Oil
Salt to taste
Method
Soak chickpeas overnight. Pressure cook chickpeas along with salt and water.
Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, fry grated coconut. When it turns brown, add coriander pdr, chilli pdr, turmeric pdr, fennel seeds, garam masala. Switch off the stove. When it is cold, grind this to a smooth paste.
Heat oil in another pan, crackle mustard seeds. Saute onion, green chillies, curry leaves. Now add the ground paste along with little water. Saute for a minute. Add cooked chickpeas along with the water. When the gravy thickens, switch off the stove.
This curry goes well with idiyappam and puttu.
apt side dish for aapam too,i love it dear
curry looks superb inviting Beena 🙂 would love to try this
A very tempting n my fathers favorite curry…
Kadalai curry looks delicious and lovely…
perfect for pittu..mom makes this version too..but i am so lazy as it involves a tinyviny bit of work 😉
looks simply yummy and mouthwatering.
superb tempting kadala curry, love it
Tempting and my fav with puttu!!
Looks so tempting.
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