Kadala Curry Recipe | HungryForever

Traditional Kerala Kadala Curry (Black Chickpeas) recipe. A simple and easy Kadala curry cooked in roasted coconut gravy.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups Brown Kondaikadalai/Kala channa cooked
• 1 ½ tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 2 medium onion chopped
• 1 slit green chilli
• 1 tomato
• 3/4 cup Grated coconut
• Spice Powder
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp chilli powder
• 4 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp Kerala Garam Masala Powder
• Salt needed

For the seasoning

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

Top up seasoning

• 1 tsp Oil
• 2 Red chillie
• Curry Leaves few

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, hing, when mustard splutters, add ginger garlic paste and saute until the raw flavor goes.
2. Then add onions, green chilli and saute until onions turn light brown. Add a little salt to the onions to speed up the process.
3. Add tomatoes and cook until tomatoes become mushy.
4. 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.
5. Then add the cooked kadala along with the water. Add the ground coconut paste and cook for a few minutes.
6. Take a ladle of cooked channa, grind it to a coarse paste and add it to the gravy along with Kerala Garam masala powder. Add more water and cook on medium flame until everything gets blended well.
7. 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 or appam or even with chapati or dosa.

Recipe Link: https://www.hungryforever.com/recipe/kadala-curry-recipe/

Mochai Payaru Sundal Recipe | HungryForever

Mochai Payaru or Mochai Payaru Sundal Recipe is a slightly spicy version of Sundal that you can prepare at the time of navaratri.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 Cup Butter Beans Mochai Payiru
• 2 teaspoon Grated coconut
• 1 Red chilli
• 2 teaspoon Sundal Powder
• 2 teaspoon Oil

For Seasoning

• 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
• Hing a pinch
• Curry Leaves few

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Soak the butter beans / mochai kottai in water overnight.
2. The next day pressure cook the butter beans / mochai kottai and allow for 3 whistles.
3. Heat the pan, pour some oil and add mustard seeds.
4. Once the mustard seeds begins to sputter, add hing, curry leaves and then add the cooked mochai, sundal powder and salt and mix it well.
5. Finally add the grated cocunut and mix it well.
6. The delicious Mochai Payiru / Butter Beans sundal is ready for neivedhyam and for serving.

Recipe Link: https://www.hungryforever.com/recipe/mochai-payaru-sundal-recipe-mochai-kottai/

Shankarpali Recipe | HungryForever

It is a sweet diamond cuts recipe but this sweet recipe is always a favorite in all age groups. Shankarpali recipe is an easy to make snack for festival.

INGREDIENTS

• 1.5 cups MAIDA | ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
• ½ cup rava/sooji/semolina
• ½ cup organic unrefined cane sugar/regular sugar or as required
• a pinch of salt
• 3-3.5 tbsp milk or as required
• 2 tbsp ghee or oil for making fried shankarpali and 3ghee or oil for making baked shankarpali

INSTRUCTIONS

The Dough

1. In a grinder, pour in the sugar and powder dry.
2. Sieve the flour with salt.
3. Now, sieve the powdered sugar
4. In a pan, melt the ghee or warm the oil.
5. Add this to the sieved mixture.
6. Now add the fat to the flour mixture and make it like a bread crumb texture.
7. When the mixture is gathered together and able to hold itself together, warm milk.
8. Now add one tbsp of warm milk in intervals and knead.
9. Cover the dough and keep aside for 20 to 30 minutes.

Frying

1. In a deep frying pan or kadai, add some oil to heat.
2. Take the dough and divide into half.
3. Roll one half into a disc of 6-7 inches in diameter.
4. Cut diamond slices from the rolled half of dough.
5. Place 6 or 8 of these slices into pan.
6. Fry till golden.
7. drain on kitchen paper napkins.
8. Do the same with the other half of dough.
9. when cooled, store the shankarpali in an air-tight jar.

Recipe Link: https://www.hungryforever.com/recipe/shankarpali-recipe/

Thiruvadhirai Poduthuval Recipe | HungryForever

Stir up some vegetable cubes for a delectable Thiruvadhirai Poduthuval. This kootu is made with a combination of five vegetables. It can be served together to celebrate Thiruvathira in South India.

INGREDIENTS

• 1½ cup pumpkin cubed
• 1 cup sweet potato cubed
• 8 broad beans chopped
• ½ cup green peas
• ½ cup Kaavathu cubed
• ¼ cup fresh scraped coconut
• 1-2 green chilly
• ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
• Salt to taste

For Tempering

• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• ½ tsp urad dal
• 8-10 Curry Leaves

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Wash all the vegetables well.
2. Toss the vegetables with salt and turmeric powder.
3. Pressure cook for one whistle.
4. Once the vegetables are done, remove and allow them to cool.
5. In the meanwhile, grind the coconut and green chilly into a coarse paste without adding water.
6. Heat coconut oil in a wok.
7. Add mustard seeds and once they splutter add the urad dal.
8. After the dal becomes golden, add the curry leaves and cooked vegetables and mix. Cook for 4-5 minutes.
9. Finally add the crushed coconut and green chilies mix.
10. Remove from heat after 3 to 4 minutes.
11. Serve.

Recipe Link: https://www.hungryforever.com/recipe/thiruvadhirai-poduthuval-recipe/