Puttu Kadala Curry (Kerala Dish)

ThisPuttu / Kadalaa curry is the popular breakfast of Kerala people

• Prepare Time............10 min
• Cook Time..................10
• Serve............................3.

Ingredients

• Rice Flour...............1cup
• Grated Coconut.........1cup
• Warm Water.............1/2 cup
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Roast the rice flour for 5 minutes.Mix rice flour and salt by sprinkling warm water.
• Keep mixing with hands. The entire flour has to be wet.
• ( you can get ready made puttu rice flour at Indian stores)
• Keep water in the bottom of puttu vessel.
• Take the puttu mould add 1 tsp of coconut first followed by4 tsp of rice flour ,then again 2 tsp of coconut. 
• Keep layering to fill the mould. Close the lid
• Steam the mould.. When the water boils the steam goes inside and cook the flour. 
• Keep up to 4 minutes.Take the vessel in hand . 
• Use a skewer(it comes with the vessel) and push the dish out of the mould.
• Serve the puttu hot with kadala curry.

Kadala Curry

Prepare Time.............3 hours
Cook time....................20 min
Serve.............................5

• Brown Chick Peas.......1 cup
• Tamarind Paste............1tsp
• Coconut......................   3tbsp
• Red Chilli.......................3
• Coriander Seeds...........2tsp
• Chana Dhal....................1tsp
• Turmeric Powder...........1/2 tsp
• Salt to taste.....................
• Curry Leaves...................few
• Tomato ...........................1
• Onion ..............................1

Method

• Soak the chick peas over night. Chop the tomato and onion. 
• Fry the chili, coriander seeds and chana dhal. 
• Grind this with coconut and keep.
• Cook the chick peas with salt .Add turmeric powder, tamarind paste,tomato and onion. 
• Let it boil.
• When everything is cooked add the ground paste and curry leaves,
• Eat hot puttu with this kadala curry.