Kadala curry

Name: Kadala curry
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup black channa(100gm); 2 medium sized onion; 2 big Tomatoes; 4 garlic cloves; 1 tbsp coconut oil; 1 tsp oil; 1 tbsp lemon juice; leaves Few curry; leaves As required Coriander; As per taste Salt; as required Water; To grind paste-; 4 tbsp grated coconut; 3/4 tsp fennel seeds; 7 cashews; 1 inch ginger; For Spice powder-; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tbsp sambhar powder; 1 tbsp garam masala

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#Dals This curry is so flavourful and goes very well with Aappam,Chappathi and white rice

Eswari @eswari_recipes

#Dals This curry is so flavourful and goes very well with Aappam,Chappathi and white rice

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Ingredients

1 cupblack channa(100gm)
2medium sized onion
2big Tomatoes
4garlic cloves
1 tbspcoconut oil
1 tspoil
1 tbsplemon juice
leavesFew curry
leavesAs required Coriander
As per taste Salt
as required Water
To grind paste-
4 tbspgrated coconut
3/4 tspfennel seeds
7cashews
1 inchginger
For Spice powder-
1 tspturmeric powder
1 tbspsambhar powder
1 tbspgaram masala

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Steps

1

Soak black chana overnight or for 8 hours. Drain the water and wash it again in freshwater. cook the chana in a pressure cooker with required water, salt and a teaspoon of oil. Cook for 5 to 6 whistles. Let pressure reside naturally.
2

In pan heat 1 tbsp coconut oil,add cumin seeds,curry leaves and finely chopped garlic to it.
3

Add onion to it and saute it until soft.
4

Add tomatoes to it and saute it until the tomatoes are soft and mushy. Add required salt for onion and tomatoes alone as we have already added salt to the channa.
5

Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder. Saute till the raw smell of spice powders goes away.
6

Grind all the ingredients given in "To Grind" section in a blender. Add some cooked chana also while blending, it helps to thicken the gravy.
7

Add ground paste and mix well. Adjust water consistency.Boil for 2 minutes
8

Add the cooked chanaalong with the water and boil for 5 -6 minutes.
9

Switch off the flame add lemon juice and finely chopped coriander leaves.Mix well.
10

Kadalai curry is ready to be served with appam,chapathi or hot rice.
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HAPPY COOKING! HEALTHY LIVING!!