Chickpea simmered in coconut milk with ginger-garlic and spices. Brown Chickpea is mostly preferred for this recipe. Puttu with kadala curry is a comfort breakfast for any Malayalee. It can also be served with Idiyappam, Appam, Porotta and any Indian bread.
Summary
(75 votes, average: 4.41 out of 5)
Loading...- Course side dish
- Cuisine kerala
- Yield 4 serving
- Cooking Time 45 minutes
- Total Time 45 minutes
Ingredients
Brown Chickpea Kadala /
1 cup
Pressure cook
turmeric powder
1/2 tsp
Chilly powder
1/2 tsp
salt
Masala
onion (large)
1 number
Chilly green
2 numbers
curry leaves
1 sprig
salt
ginger garlic (grinded)
1 1/2 tbsps
turmeric powder
1/2 tsp
Chilly powder
1 tbsp
coriander powder
1 tbsp
Aniseed powder
1 teaspoon
garam masala
1 tsp
tomato (medium)
1 number
coconut milk thick
2 cups
coriander leaves (optional)
2 sprig
coconut oil / vegetable oil /
Seasoning
mustard seeds
1/2 tsp
curry leaves
1 sprig
Shallots
3 numbers
Chilly dried red
2 numbers
coconut oil / vegetable oil /
Steps
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Soak chickpea in 2 cups water overnight for around 10 - 11 hours.
- Add chickpea in cooker along with turmeric powder, chilly powder and salt (ingredients listed under Pressure cook). Cook it until chickpea is done. It will take up to 4-5 whistles.
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Heat oil in a pan. Add sliced onion, green chili, curry leaves and salt into it. Saute it well until onion is soft and translucent. Adding salt helps the onion saute faster.
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Grind ginger and garlic. Add ginger - garlic paste and saute well.
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Add turmeric powder, chilly powder, coriander powder, aniseed powder and garam masala and then continue sauteing. Add chopped tomatoes. Cook it until tomatoes are done.
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Add thick coconut milk and coriander leaves. Add coriander leaves only if you like the flavor.
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Add cooked chickpea and adjust salt. Stir it and bring it to boil.
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Seasoning - Heat oil in a small pan. Splutter mustard seeds. Add curry leaves, chopped shallots and dried red chilly. Saute it for a minute and add it to the curry. Enjoy with puttu, idiyappam, Appam, porotta or any other Indian bread:)
