Kadappa

Serves: 2

Preparation time: 30min

Ingredients:

• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 3 green chillies
• 3 potatoes, cut into small pieces
• 1 carrot, cut into small pieces
• 3 eggplant, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup chana dal
• 3/4 cup coconut
• 1/2 inch cinnamon sticks
• 3 cloves
• 2 cardamom
• 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
• Salt
• Oil
• Few curry leaves
• Few corriander leaves

Method:

• Cook chana dal in the pressure cooker and keep it aside.
• Heat 2 tsp oil in the pressure cooker.
• Add cinnamon,cloves,cardamom and wait until it cracks.
• Then add onion and sauté well till it turns translucent.
• Add ginger garlic paste,curry leaves and tomato one by one and keep stirring.
• When the tomato becomes soft, add all the vegetables and mix well.
• Grind green chillies with little water and add it to the sautéed vegetables.
• Add salt and 1 cup water,then close the pressure cooker and wait for 3 whistles.
• Switch off and open the pressure cooker then add ground coconut paste.
• Give a nice stir and allow the kadappa to boil for 2 min.
• Now add cooked chana dal and mix well.
• Switch off and garnish kadappa with corriander leaves.
• Serve it with idly.