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Kerala Kadala Curry – Coconut Black Chickpea Curry
Prep Time
8
hours
hours
Cook Time
40
minutes
minutes
Total Time
8
hours
hours
40
minutes
minutes
Servings
5
-6
Author
Puja
Ingredients
Whole bengal gram/black chickpeas/kala chana - 1 cup
For Coconut Paste:
Coconut - 1 cup
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Coriander Seeds - 3 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Mace/javitri - 2-3 strands
Pepper Corn - 3-4
Green Cardamom - 2
Whole Red Chilli - 2
Cinnamon -1 inch
Cloves
-3
For Onion Tomato Paste:
Onion - 2
roughly chopped
Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1 tbsp
Green Chilli - 3-4
Tomato - 1 or 2
roughly chopped
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Salt - as per the taste
Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Garam masala powder - 2 tsp
Salt as required
Oil - 1 tbsp
For Tempering:
Small onion/shallots - 5-6
thinly sliced
Asafoetida - a pinch
CurryLeaves - 2-3 sprigs
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Instructions
Soak black chickpeas for 8 to 9 hours or overnight.
Cook chickpeas in a pressure cooker by adding 1/2 tsp of salt in it.
Cook chickpeas till they are soft and set aside.
Heat a small kadai add fennel seeds, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, javitri, pepper corn, green cardamom, whole red chilli, cinnamon and cloves.
Fry for few seconds and then add grated coconut and dry roast everything together.
Once done take out the mixture in a plate and let it cool down.
Once it is cold grind the roasted coconut mixture by adding little water in it. and set aside.
Heat oil in the same kadhai.
Add onion, green chilli, turmeric and salt and saute until golden brown.
Add ginger-garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes.
Now add tomatoes and cook for some more time and then switch of the stove. Let the mixture cool down.
Once it gets cold grind onion-tomato mixture to a smooth paste and set aside.
Now heat oil in a big kadai add mustard seeds and let it splutter.
Once the seeds starts spluttering add curry leaves and fry for few seconds.
Now add chopped small onion and hing and fry for few minutes.
Add onion-tomato paste, coriander powder, garam-masala powder, chilli powder and fry till the raw smells of masala's goes off.
Once the masala's gets fried properly add the coconut paste and mix well.
Now add the cooked black chana or kadala, and water as per required and let the chana boil.
Switch off the stove and serve kadala curry along with appam, puttu, pathiri, roti, puri, idiyappam or rice.