Vadacurry Recipe, Vadacurry using steamed Vadai

Ingredients

• 1 cup chana dal (kadalai paruppu)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 4 teaspoon oil
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 2 cardamom
• 2 cloves
• 2 dried red chillies
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 3 tomatoes
• 6 cloves garlic
• 1 inch piece ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 2 teaspoon coriander powder
• 10 stalks of mint leaves
• 5 stalks of coriander leaves

Instructions

1. 1

   Soak chana dal in water for 3 hours. Grind the chana dal with salt and fennel seeds sprinkling very little water while grinding. Grind to a slightly coarse paste. Transfer the ground paste to an idli plate.

2. 2

   Steam the paste for 15 minutes. After steaming, break the cooked lentil into bite sized pieces. Set aside.

3. 3

   Heat oil in a pan and add in fennel seeds, cardamom, cloves and dried red chillies. Add in the chopped onions and saute till the onions are slightly brown.

4. 4

   Take a mixie jar and add in the tomatoes, garlic and ginger to the jar. Grind to a smooth paste. Add the ground tomato-ginger-garlic paste to the pan. Add in the salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder.

5. 5

   Add 2 cups of water to the pan. Cover the pan with a lid and allow it to simmer for 20-25 minutes.

6. 6

   Add in the roughly chopped mint leaves and coriander leaves.

7. 7

   Add in the cooked lentil pieces and simmer for a couple of minutes. Vadacurry is ready!