The kadala curry at home always tastes different when my mom makes it. Its a mix of a lot of cuisines, I am sure, but the end result is always yummy. This one is from my archives, a recipe that I always wanted to document. I pulled it out because of Ziah’s request for a Kerala Kadala Curry so this recipe is dedicated to her 🙂
Kerala-Style Kadala (Chana / Chickpeas) Curry
What I Used:
Serves 2
Chickpeas/Kabuli Channa/Velutha Kadala – 1 cup
Coriander – 4 tbsp
Coconut – 4 tbsp
Red chillies – 4
Garlic – 6 pods
Star anise – 2
For tempering:
Oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves.
How to make Kadala Curry:
1. The chickpeas should be soaked in water overnight. Pressure cook this for 2 whistles, with some turmeric and salt.
2. Roast the coriander, garlic, red chillies, star anise and coconut in a non-stick pan till it emits a nice smell and turns golden (about 5-7 minutes). Let it cool.
3. Grind the roasted masala to a coarse paste with very little water.
4. Heat oil, let the mustard seeds crackle. Add curry leaves and some more red chillies if you like the curry spicy. Add the masala paste to this and stir for a minute. Add the cooked chick peas and adjust water and salt at this stage.
Serve hot with puttu/ appam/ dosa/ roti, etc.
Mishmash !
just soaked the black ones as we re having some non-keralites coming for puttu-kadala breakfast 🙂 i love this prep too…..prefer it with Pooris 🙂
Shn
Richa
chickpeas in all the different types of gravies are most welcome on my plate 🙂
Cham
Nice recipe to share 🙂
musical
Would love this kadla curry with some puttu! Very delish variation, Nags!
Kalai
That is such a different recipe from the usual ones we see. Thanks so much for sharing this! Awesome entry for Sunita! 🙂
Jayashree
Nice recipe….the pic looks like it has potatoes in it….does it???
sra
Nags,u can always photoshop the star anise into the pic! 😉
Seena
Looks like a very nice curry with few ingredients..!
Sukanya Ramkumar
Hi nags….This is my fav…..nice recipe…waiting to try this…
Srivalli
Nags that looks like cauliflower to me..:D…kidding..nice one for the event!