India

Kadala Curry

Name: Kadala Curry
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 250 g Brown chickpeas (kadala); 100 g Grated coconut; some of each Onion & tomato; some of each Garam masala & chili powder; some of each Curry leaves & mustard seeds; 2 tbsp Coconut oil

Black chickpeas in roasted coconut sauce

Kadala curry is a Kerala curry of brown chickpeas in a dark, roasted coconut sauce.

It is classically eaten for breakfast with the thin rice pancake appam or puttu.

Servings4

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Brown chickpeas (kadala)250 g
Grated coconut100 g
Onion & tomatosome of each
Garam masala & chili powdersome of each
Curry leaves & mustard seedssome of each
Coconut oil2 tbsp

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Soak the chickpeas overnight and cook soft.
Roast coconut with spices dark and grind.
Fry onion and tomato in coconut oil.
Stir in chickpeas and coconut paste.
Finish with a tempering of mustard seeds and curry leaves.

Make it original

Curry leaves and garam masala are in the Asia Boutique.

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