KADALA CURRY RECIPE MARATHON

Kadala ( black chana) 1 cup
Onions 2 nos
Clove 4 nos
Cinnamon stick 2 inch piece
Small onion 5 nos
Ginger crushed 1/4 tsp
Garlic paste 1/2 tsp
Chilly powder 1 tsp
Coriander powder 2 tsp
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Grated coconut 1/2 cup
Curry leaves a few
Salt to taste
coconut oil – 1 tab sp

Wash and Soak Kadala (black chana) overnight. Cook in a pressure cooker,for 4 whistles.
Heat oil in a pan. Add cinnamon, clove and then add grated coconut and fry till coconut turns to brown in colour.
Add small onion, Ginger and garlic paste, chilly powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder. Allow it to cool and grind to a fine paste.
Heat oil in a pan. Add sliced onion, and fry, till the onions turn brown. Add few curry leaves and the grind masala and fry.
Then add cooked Kadala with water. Let it boil, till the gravy becomes thick.
Serve hot with puttu.or Appam even this will go very well with plain rice or pulao(plain)

One more easy way to make this Kadala heat oil in a pressur cooker add cinamon, cloves then sliced onion fry for a few min. now add ground paste, Kadala, salt add 1 cup water and cover pressur cooker and cook till 4-5 whistles