Kadala Curry (Brown Gram curry)

Preparation Time: 20 min

Cooking Time: 15 min

Serves: 8

Ingredients measure:-

For Masala:

Branded chicken or meat curry powder: 4 tbsp

Dry Red Chilly : 3

For Gravy:

Big Onion :  2 cups cut lengthwise

Ginger garlic Paste : 2 tsp,

Green Chilly : 2 splited lengthwise.

Tomato: 4 diced as cubes.

Salt: to taste

Brown Gram soaked overnight in water : 500gm

Mustard seeds : 1 tsp

Coriander leaves : 2 tsp

Preparation:-
1)      Wash the soaked brown gram thoroughly and keep it aside to strain.
2)      Prepare the easy masala, For that pour 1 tsp oil in kadai and chicken masala powder.
3)      Fry it for 2 mins in medium flame and allow it to cool.
4)      Grind it with 3 red chillies to a fine powder.
5)      In a pressure cooker, put 2tsp oil and put mustard seeds and curry leaves.
6)      When the curry leaves splutter, sauté well the items under gravy listed above.
7)      When the sauted items turns translucent, mix the masala and sauté for 2 mins.
8)      Dump in the washed brown gram and sauté well.
9)      Spoon in 2 tbsp masala if needed to get the desired colour and texture.
10)  Pour 1 ½  cup water into the above and pressure cook for 3 whistles(depends on the altitude of the place).
11)  Cook till done.
12)  Garnish with coriander leaves.