Ingredients:
1 cup black chickpeas/ kadala
2 onions, thinly sliced
2 green chillies
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1- 1 1/4 cup grated coconut
3 shallots
3/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 1/2-2 tsp pepper powder
3/4 tsp cumin seeds
3/4 tsp mustard seeds
2 dry red chillies
1 tsp garlic, finely chopped
1 sprig curry leaves
salt to taste
1 1/2 tbsp oil
Preparation:
- Soak kadala/ chickpeas in water for 5-6 hours or overnight and then pressure cook it with 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, pepper powder, sliced onion, green chillies, crushed garlic, salt and enough water until soft.
- Grind together grated coconut, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, shallots adding enough water to a fine paste.
- Add the ground coconut paste to the cooked kadala and mix well. Add water if required and adjust the salt and boil it over low flame for few minutes .
- Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and 1/4 tsp cumin seeds.
- Add dry red chillies, finely chopped 1 tsp garlic and curry leaves to this and remove from flame.
- Add this seasoning to the prepared curry and mix well….Serve hot with puttu….
