Recipe: Yummy Varutharacha kadala curry

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Varutharacha kadala curry. Kadala Curry is an amazingly spicy dish which is mixed with aromatic Indian spices and cooked in roasted coconut based freshly ground masala. Nadan Varutharacha Kadala Curry is a very popular dish in Kerala as it goes well with a variety of breakfast dishes such as Puttu, Appam, Upma etc. Traditionally Puttu (steamed rice balls) tastes exceptionally best when served along with kadala Curry.

Puttu and Kadala is a very popular breakfast item in Kerala and my husband loves it.

Heat coconut oil and fry grated coconut, few curry leaves until coconut turns light golden.

Bring down the heat to low.

You can have Varutharacha kadala curry using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Varutharacha kadala curry

  1. Prepare of kadala.

  2. Prepare of onion sliced.

  3. You need of tomato chopped.

  4. It’s of chili powder.

  5. You need of turmeric powder.

  6. You need of mustard seeds.

  7. It’s of curry leaves.

  8. Prepare of oil.

  9. It’s of salt.

  10. You need of coriander seeds.

  11. You need of coconut grated.

  12. It’s of chillies dry red.

  13. It’s of shallots.

  14. You need of garlic.

  15. Prepare of curry leaves.

Add coriander powder and kashmiri chilli powder.

A mixed bag of recipes including Konkani,Kerala and North Indian Cuisines with some tried and tested baking recipes too!

Although Kadala curry is the better side dish with Puttu, ripe bananas are also savored as a side with puttu and since it's much easier to prepare, my mom used to serve putu with banana frequently for breakfast during my school days, and I quickly got bored and started hating it.

Nadan Varutharacha Kadala Curry in Kerala Style is a treasured breakfast dish from God's own country.

Varutharacha kadala curry step by step

  1. Soak chickpeas/kadala in water for 8 to 9 hrs and cook in pressure cooker for 10 whistles..

  2. Roast together all the ingredients till coconut turns golden in color. Grind it to a fine paste and keep aside..

  3. Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter mustard seeds & then add sliced onion & saute till onion turns translucent..

  4. Add chili powder, turmeric powder, curry leaves & saute well. Then add chopped tomato& saute till the tomatoes turn tender. Add masala paste & nicely saute for 1 min..

  5. Add cooked chick peas. Mix all the ingredients and add adequate water. The curry should be in thick consistency. Add required amount of salt. Boil in high flame for 5 minutes and remove from the fire..

  6. Serve hot with puttu/ idiyappam.

Black Chickpeas Curry is a highly protein rich side dish.

Chickpeas are protein rich and our coconut spices blended gravy goes well with puttu, appam and chappati.

This fragrant and mildly spiced Kadala Curry in Kerala Style is well.

varutharacha kadala curry is a very common curry made in Kerala as a side dish for appams, puttu, idli and dosa.

It is made with black chickpeas and with freshly prepared coconut masala.