Kadala Curry / Brown Chickpeas Curry

Name: Kadala Curry / Brown Chickpeas Curry
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Brown chickpeas; 1 Onion; 2 1/2 tbsp Coriander seeds; 4 Red chilli; 2 slices Garlic; 1/2 cup Grated coconut; 5-6 Curry leaves; to taste Salt; 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 tsp Garam masala; 1 tsp Coconut oil; 1 tsp Mustard seeds

Aswani Vishnuprasad @cook_12258614

austin tx

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This recipe for Kadala curry is so easy to make! If you haven’t head of this dish, it’s a recipe that hails from Kerala, a south Indian state, where coconuts are aplenty. This brown chickpea coconut curry is a very popular dish typically served with puttu.

Aswani Vishnuprasad @cook_12258614

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Ingredients

30 min

2 servings

1 cupBrown chickpeas
1Onion
2 1/2 tbspCoriander seeds
4Red chilli
2 slicesGarlic
1/2 cupGrated coconut
5-6Curry leaves
to tasteSalt
1/4 tspTurmeric powder
1 tspGaram masala
1 tspCoconut oil
1 tspMustard seeds

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Steps

30 min

1

Soak the chickpeas in water for 8 hours.
2

Pressure cook the chickpeas by adding 2 cup water and turmeric powder for 5 whistles.
3

For Masala: In a pan heat oil then add coriander seeds, red chilli, curry leaves and garlic. When the coriander seeds become light brown add grated coconut. Fry until the coconut gets brown colour. Grind this mix with 2 tbsp cooked chickpeas to a fine paste.
4

In another pan heat oil and splutter mustard seeds.
5

Add chopped onion, curry leaves and fry it.
6

Add cooked chickpeas, grounded paste, salt, and garam masala.
7

Cook it for 5 to 7 mins. Garnish the curry with coriander leaves.
8

Serve this with puttu.