Kadala Curry

Ingredients

Black Chick pea: 1 cup Water to soak the pea: 4 Cups Onion: 1 Ginger garlic: 1 tbsp Tomato: 1 Coriander powder: 1.5 Tsp Red Chilli powder: 1 Tsp Garam masala: 1/2 Tsp coconut Oil: 2 Tbspn Salt For tempering: Mustard seeds curry leaves
Oil: 1 Tsp
green chillies slit: 3
garam masala: 1/2 Tsp

Method

1. Soak the pea overnight in water 2. Add oil to pressure cooker and saute the onions for 5 mins. Add ginger garlic and cook 3. Add chopped tomato and cook until soft 4. Add all the powders for gravy and saute 5. Allow this cool down and grind well by adding little water. Grind to a fine paste 6. Add this paste to the same cooker and add the soaked chick peas 7. Mix well and add the left over soaked water 8. Add salt and cook for 10 whistles 9. Open when steam goes. 10. Prepare the tempering by heating oil and add mustard and curry leaves and green chilli. Switch off flame and add the garam masala and add this to the boiling gravy. 11. Serve with any kerala breakfast

Traditional Cooking!

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