Kerala Style Kadala Curry / Black Chickpea Curry

Ingredients

1 cup Black chickpeas
2 large onions, thinly sliced
2 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
1/2 cup thick coconut milk
1 1/2 tbsp coconut oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 dry red chillies
a twig of curry leaves
21/2 cups of water or as required for pressure cooking the chickpeas
salt as required

Preparation

1. Soak chickpeas in water over night.

2. Pressure cook the chickpeas in a cooker with enough salt and water in medium heat for 9 or 10 whistles. turn off the heat and keep aside.

3. In a kadai, heat coconut oil. Add the mustard seeds. Once it splutters add the dry red chillies and curry leaved. Then add the sliced onions and saute until they are transparent.

4. Now add the cooked chickpeas along with the water remaining in the pressure cooker to the kadai. Add the red chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala to this. Mix well and allow it to boil.

5. Now add coconut milk to this. mix well and adjust the salt. In low flame, cook for 10 minutes and turn off the heat.

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