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.

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