Kadala/Chickpea Curry

This is a easy chickpea/kadala curry which goes very well with rice/chapathi/aapam. It has very few ingredients and easy to make as well

Ingredients:
Chick peas - 1 cup soaked
Onion - 1 cubed
Tomato - 1 cubed
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 3/4 tbsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tbsp
Garam Masala - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves - to garnish

To temper:
Jeera - 1/2 tbsp
Saunf - 1/4 tbsp
Bay leaf, cardamom and cinnamon stick

Method:

• Pressure cook the soaked chickpeas with salt.
• Grind together onion, tomatoes, ginger garlic paste to a smooth paste.
• Heat oil in a pan and add all the items under temper, add the ground paste and cook for few mins till the raw smell goes away.
• Add the masala powders and cook till the oil seperates.
• Add the cooked chickpeas and enough water, add enough salt and garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with chapati/ aapam or rice.

  

  take the ingredients to grind in a blender

  

  Grind to a smooth paste

  
  

  

  Heat oil in a pan and add the items under the list to temper

  
  

  

  add the ground mixture and cook till the raw smell goes

  
  

  

  add the masala powders

  
  

  

  add the cooked chick peas

  
  

  

  cook till oil seperates and garnish with coriander leaves