Kadala Curry without Coconut
2012-02-28- Cuisine: Indian, Kerala
- Course: Main Course
- Skill Level: Beginner
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Traditional breakfast side dish of Kerala
Kadala curry is the traditional breakfast side dish of Kerala which is nostalgic food for we Malayalees. Puttu and kadala curry is a very popular breakfast item which we used to prepare once a week. This is a perfectly healthy food which is loaded with lots of protein. We can make kadala curry in many ways like without using coconut, with coconut, using roasted coconut etc…

kadala curry varieties
Nadan varutharacha kadala curry (blackgram with roasted coconut)
Vegetarian shammi kabab (black chana cutlet).
Hope you all will like these recipes.

How to make Kadala Curry without Coconut
Ingredients
- 2 cups of Gram(Kadala soaked in water for 6-8 hours)
- 1 large Onion
- 3 medium-sized Tomatoes
- 1 tbsp. of Ginger Garlic Paste
- 2-3 Green Chillies
- 1/4 tsp. of Turmeric powder
- 3/4 tsp. of Chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp. of Coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp. of Garam Masala
- 1 tsp. of Mustard Seeds
- 2 springs of Curry Leaves
- Oil for Seasoning
- Salt as per taste
Method
Step 01
Pressure cook gram/kadala with salt for 10 min. Keep aside.Step 02
Heat oil in a pan,splutter mustard seeds.Step 03
Add chopped onion,greens chlllies and curry leaves. Saute well.Step 04
When onion get fried,add ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell goes off.Step 05
Add chopped tomato. Once the tomato becomes mushy,add chilli powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder. Stir well for 1 minute.Step 06
Add cooked gram along with the stock and mix well. Add water if needed. Sprinkle garam masala, close lid and cook for 5 min.Step 07
Serve hot with puttu, appam etc…


posted by jeyan on February 4, 2012
wow really superb!!!friends u too try tis and make a nice dish!!!
posted by resheeda ameen on October 29, 2016
is it half cup or two cups..for two cups are the coriander and chily powder enough?????????????
posted by Hygeena Shameer on December 13, 2016
Hi resheeda,its 2 cup of black gram I took and chilli powder 3/4 spn. and coriander powder 1/2 spoon. You can change the spice level as per your wish
posted by Murali on November 2, 2017
You have mentioned to pressure cook for 10 min. How many whistles and whether low, medium or high flame. Sorry, I am a bachelor.
posted by Shameer Mohammed on December 11, 2017
Hi Murali, Medium flame around 6-7 whistles. Feel free to ask your queries. I am always happy to help you. Also will update in recipe. Thanks for the suggestion.
posted by Sami on December 21, 2019
When is garam.masala added? Ingredients list has garam masala
posted by Shameer Mohammed on January 25, 2020
Hi Sami, Adding garam masala in the final step will give nice aroma to the curry. You can also add garam masala along with the spices.
Sorry I missed that part. Update it in the post.. Thanks a lot 🙂
posted by Akhil Suriyakiron on December 2, 2021
But when did we add the green chillies?
posted by admin on December 2, 2021
Hi Akhil, along with onion we need to add green chillies and curry leaves. Sorry I skipped that part. Thanks for highlighting it.