curry recipe easy | kondakadalai puli kulambu | chana curry | kala chana curry, this curry is a spicy curry that nicely goes with rice idly and dosa. black chana (chickpea) is used in this curry. Black chickpea is a nutritious pulse rich in protein, iron, calcium, Magnesium, and Zinc. Unlike kerela kadala curry the spices used here are completely different. Tamarind is used to make this curry. Delicious kondakadalai puli kulambu can be used for lunch with rice. Any poriyal can be used as a side dish or simply we can use papad.
Let us see how to make, the curry recipe easy | kondakadalai kulambu | chana curry | kala chana curry
Ingredients
Method
- Soak the black chana for 8 hours or overnight (or 1 hour in hot boiling water)
- Take soaked black chana into the pressure cooker, pressure cook for 6 whistles
- After pressure is released, just open the lid, and keep it aside for later use.
- Heat 1 tbsp of oil, saute chopped 1 onion, and 3 garlic well, or until it turns slightly brown.
- and then add 1 tomato chopped, saute it until it becomes mushy.
- Let this mixture cool well. after it got cooled down well, transfer this mixture into a blender jar
- Add 1 tbsp of coriander powder and 3 tsp of Kashmiri red chilly powder, ½ tsp of turmeric powder, 1 cup of coconut shred
- Blend well into a smooth paste and keep it aside.
- Heat 2 tbsp of oil, splutter ½ tsp of mustard seeds, 1 dry chilly chopped
- Next, add chopped brinjal, saute it for 5 minutes
- Now pour in 1 cup of tamarind extract and boil it for 2 minutes
- And then add the ground masala and boiled black chana / black chickpea. Mix well, and add ½ cup of water
- cover it with a lid, boil it on low flame for 5 minutes, now curry is ready
Stepwise Picture Recipe:
For pressure cooking:
Ingredients:
For roasting and grinding:
For making curry:
Along with curry recipe easy | kondakadalai puli kulambu | chana curry | kala chana curry, also check out other curry recipes in the blog.
15+ curry recipes – 15+ kulambu recipes