{"id":4351,"date":"2020-07-05T16:02:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T00:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2020-07-05T16:02:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T00:02:53","slug":"varutharacha-kadala-curry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/varutharacha-kadala-curry\/","title":{"rendered":"Varutharacha Kadala Curry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Kerala Kadala Curry \u2013 a delicious accompaniment for multiple Kerala breakfast dishes. The recipe is a spicy blend of Kadala (Black Channa) with fried coconut masala and spices. Kadala curry goes well with popular breakfast dishes like Appam<\/a>, Puttu<\/a>, Idiappam<\/a> or Dosa<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Kadala\/ black channa    : 1 cup (soak it overnight)<\/li>
  2. Chopped onion : 2 (medium)<\/li>
  3. Chopped Tomato          : 1 (medium)<\/li>
  4. Green chilly       : 3<\/li>
  5. Chopped garlic : 5 cloves<\/li>
  6. Chopped ginger : 1-inch piece<\/li>
  7. Salt<\/li>
  8. Coconut slices   : A hand full<\/li>
  9. Curry leaves<\/li>
  10. Oil        : 1.5 T \u2013 Sp.<\/li>
  11. Fennel seeds    : A big pinch<\/li>
  12. Garam masala : \u00bc T-Sp.<\/li>
  13. Water   : 3 \u00bd cup<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    For grinding<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Grated coconut : 1 \u00bd Cup<\/li>
    2. Coriander powder          : 2 \u00bd Tbl-Sp.<\/li>
    3. Chilly powder    : 2 Tbl-Sp.<\/li>
    4. Turmeric powder           : \u00bc T-Sp.<\/li>
    5. Pepper powder : \u00bd T-Sp.<\/li>
    6. Fennel seeds    : \u00bc T-Sp.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      For seasoning<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Coconut oil        : 1 \u00bd T-Sp.<\/li>
      2. Mustard seeds : \u00bc T-Sp.<\/li>
      3. Red chilly          : 3<\/li>
      4. Curry leaves<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Method<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • Heat a kadai\/pan, add grated coconut and fry till it turns to golden brown in color, add a bit of coconut oil if needed.<\/li>
        • Then add the fennel seeds, chilly powder, coriander powder, pepper powder and turmeric powder and fry it for about 2 minutes in low flame.<\/li>
        • Cool it completely and powder it in a small mixer, once you see oil is oozing from the coconut, add enough water to make a fine paste.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          • Wash the soaked Kadala well and drain it well.<\/li>
          • Heat 1.5 T-Sp of oil in a pressure cooker and splutter the fennel seeds.<\/li>
          • Add the onions along with ginger, garlic, green chilly, curry leaves and salt.<\/li>
          • Saut\u00e9 it until the onion became translucent.<\/li>
          • Then add the chopped tomato and saut\u00e9 it for about 1 minute.<\/li>
          • Now add the kadala along with 1 cup of water and mix well.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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            • Now close the pressure cooker and cook it until soft. ( 4-5 whistles is typical).Turn off the stove.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              • Once pressure is released, add the ground coconut paste and water ( I used 2.5 cup of water at this point).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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                • close the lid and cook it in a slow flame for about 10 minutes.<\/li>
                • Heat 1.5 T-Sp of oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds followed by red chilly and curry leaves.<\/li>
                • Add this seasoning to the curry along with garam masala and mix it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  Tips:-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  1. It\u2019s a semi thick gravy, so adjust the water quantity.<\/li>
                  2. Frying the coconut is very important, adjust the flame while frying the coconut, to avoid over burning.<\/li>
                  3. Adjust the spice level to your taste.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                    Kerala Kadala Curry \u2013 a delicious accompaniment for multiple Kerala breakfast dishes. The recipe is a spicy blend of Kadala (Black Channa) with fried coconut masala and spices. Kadala curry goes well with popular breakfast dishes like Appam, Puttu, Idiappam or Dosa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breakfast-specials","category-kerala-specials","category-side-dish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4351"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4359,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions\/4359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}