Easy Kadala Curry ~ Easy Black Channa Curry..

We Keralites are known to have heavy breakfast.. be it appam with stew, noolputtu with mutta roast, idli or dosa with sambaar and chutney , pathiri with meen mulakittathu , all are healthy, tasty and nutritionally well balanced. Today my dish is a famous Breakfast, which none of the mallu's will say 'No'...Puttu n Kadala Curry. Though i have posted a Kadala Curry before.. This is an easy one , which can also accompanied with chapathis, appam, breads,etc.. Bachelor's can easily prepare this.So here goes the recipe...

Ingredients

1. Black channa - 1/4 cup
2. Onion sliced - 2
3. Tomato - 1 Big
4. Turmeric powder - 1/2 Tsp
5. Red chilly powder - 1 Tsp
6. Coriander powder - 2 Tsp
7. Grated coconut - 3/4 cup
8. Coconut Oil - 1/2 Tbsp
9. Mustard Seeds - 1 Tsp
10. Dry red chilly - 2
11. Curry Leaves - 2 Sprigs
12. Salt- as needed

Preparation

• Wash and soak channa in enough water overnight.
• Pressure cook it with salt and a little turmeric powder. Cook for 4-5 whistles.(This may vary.)
• Heat a kadai with coconut oil, splutter mustard seeds, add dry red chilly and a sprig of curry leaves.(You can increase the spiciness, i use a very hot red chilly powder)
• Add onion, saute till onion are soft and translucent. Now add in the tomatoes chopped. Saute until tomatoes are soft but not very mushy.
• Now add in all the masala powders. Saute till he raw smell of masalas goes (just for 2 minutes.).
• Add coconut to it. Mix it well with the masala's.
• Now add this to the cooked black channa and pressure cook for one more whistle.
• Open the cooker  , mix well and add curry leaves to it. (If you want, you can cook for more to reduce the gravy and make it semi or dry curry) .
• Serve with puttu (steamed rice cake) or an roti's.

Sending this recipe to South Indian Cooking hosted by nandoo an event by Anu . also to WTML hosted by Motions and emotions event organised by Gayathri's Cooks Spot