Kerala Style Easy Recipe – Kadala Curry

Ingredients

• Chickpea – 2 cup
• Pearl Onion – 18 to 20 nos
• Onion – 2 nos
• Tomatoes – 2 nos
• Garlic – 7 or 8 nos
• Ginger – 1 nos
• dry red chillies -3 nos
• Red chilli powder – 1 tbsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ½ tbsp.
• Garam masala – 1 tbsp
• Grated coconut – 1 cup
• Pepper seed – 1 tsp
• Cumin seed – 1 tsp
• Cardamom – 2 or 3 nos
• Cinnamon – 1 nos
• Cloves – 4 nos
• Mustard seed – 1 tsp
• Salt – 1 or 2 tsp
• Oil – 4 or 5 tbsp

Method

• First we wash and clean chickpea set a side.
• Heat a pan add cleaned chickpea ,water and salt ,cook well and set a side.
• Heat oil in a pan add cardamom,cinnamon,cloves ,cumin seed and pepper seed saute well
• Then we have to add grated coconut ,chopped onion and garlic saute well till they become
  light brown.
• Then we have to add curry powders like red chilli powder ,coriander powder,turmeric powder
  and garam masala saute well and remove from fire and set aside.
• Then we have to grind the sauted ingredients like grated coconut ,onion etc into fine paste set
  aside.
• Heat oil in a pan add mustard seed and let them crackle.
• Add dry red chilli, curry leaves,ginger and chopped onion mix well and saute for 5 to 6
  minutes.
• Add chopped tomatoes and saute well ,cover and cook well till they become soften.
• Then we have to add grinded paste and mx well.
• Add cooked chickpea and water mix well and cook for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Ones the curry is ready remove from fire and set aside.
• Serve and enjoy kadala curry with appam .