KERLA STYLE KADALA CURRY

Cooking time: 45 mins

INGREDIENTS

• Black chana -200 gms
• Onion - 2
• Tomato - 1
• Ginger garlic paste - 2tsp
• Cloves and cinnamon - 2
• Fennel seeds - 1tsp
• Pepper - 6
• Coconut - 1/2cup
• Curry leaves
• Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp
• Chilli powder - 2tsp
• Coriander powder - 1tsp
• Small onion - 10
• Red chilli -1
• Green chilli - 1
• Mustard seeds - 1/2tsp
• Water - 1cup
• Coconut oil 

PREPARATION

• Soak channa overnight. pressure cook for 4-5 whistles and keep it aside.
• In a pan add coconut oil and add cinnamon, cloves, fennel seeds, pepper, onion and cook well. then add tomato, curry leaves and cook for 5 mins.then add coconut, chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder and cook for another 5 mins and grind it in to paste by adding little water.
• In a pan add 2tsp of coconut oil, add onion, green chilli,ginger-garlic paste , salt and cooked black chana with water.cook for 10 mins.
• Then add ground paste and water and cook for 15 mins.
• In a pan add coconut oil, mustard seeds, small onion, red chilli and curry leaves. add this into the gravy.
• Garnish with coriander leaves