One year ago: Rava moong dal upma/Semolina Green gram upma
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What you need
For Urad dal balls
Uzhunnu parippu / Urad dal/Black gram/Black matpe beans: ½ cup
Black pepper: 1/8 teaspoon
Salt: ½ teaspoon
Water: 3cup+ ¼ cup
Canola oil: 4 cups (for frying)
For sauce
Onion: 1 1/3 cup (Chopped finely)
Potato: 1 ½ cup (Chopped into small cubes)
Ginger: 1 inch piece
Garlic: 3 cloves
Green chili: 1 no (I used Serrano pepper)
Coriander powder: ¼ teaspoon
Turmeric powder: ¼ teaspoon
Garam masala: ¾ teaspoon (recipe given below)
Chili powder: ½ teaspoon
Salt: 3/4 teaspoon (or to taste)
Coconut milk: ½ cup + 1 tablespoon
Curry leaves: 1 sprig
Olive oil: 1 tablespoon (use coconut oil for authentic taste)
Water: 3 cup
For seasoning
Urad dal/ Black gram: 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds: ½ teaspoon
Red chilies: 2 no (halved into two)
Coconut oil: 1 tablespoon
For garam masala (It yields: 2 tablespoon)
Cinnamon sticks; 2no (2 inches)
Cardamom: 8 no
Cloves; 8 no
Nutmeg: 1/8th of one
Bay leaves; 1 no
Fennel seeds: 1 teaspoon
Caraway seeds: 1 teaspoon
Star anise: 1 no
Mace: 1 teaspoon
How I made
Preparation time: Soaking Dal 3 hours, grinding and frying 35 minutes + 38 minutes
Yield: 4 serving
Verdict: Tasty
Will you make it again: Yes I will
This delicious curry is going to Vegetarian foodie Fridays#31 hosted by Melodie.
My legume love affair: MLLA: 30 hosted by Priya originally started by Susan.
This is Swathi ( Ambujom Saraswathy) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
delicious healthy curry
Oh my goodness, how wonderful I imagine this tasting!! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
looks awesome and delicious…
delicious n mouthwatering vada kuttu..
awesome dear..yummylicious
oh wow, I am soooooooo loving it, I bookmarked it 🙂
lovely curry…so flavorful
Looks utterly yummy..makes me hungry swathi.adipolittoo..:)
tempting and delicious dish.
Love it..Have had only in restaurants..Wish I could try some from your plate 😀
hmmmm delicious curry swathi…..gr8 job…..
Love lentil vadas.Cooking in Coconut milk is new for me but looks very yummy!
wish I could have some from your bowl…looks so creamy.
it looks great..inspite of being from tvm, i did not knw of this..got to make it
Wish to grab that whole bowl, truly irresistible..
This sounds like a super healthy curry!
looks tasty love Kerala
wow…adipoli curry,never knew about it before…loved it..
Easy to follow recipe and it’s yummy! Thanks for sharing dear..
Vada curries are my fav.Looks delicious Swathi.
New to me.. Looks yummy 🙂
Hi swathi,chk my vadagam recipe and collect ur award.thanks
That sounds like a distant cousin of kadhi to me..very delicious!
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very creamy and yummy dish….
I adore anything with coconut milk and this looks especially delicious!
I never knew this was trivandrum special. It looks tasty.
didn know u were from TVM (my home town as well)… Kootu curry looks awesome… one of my favs… never tried before… you have given elaborate details to prepare! bookmarked!
an amazing dish and an explanation worth a million $! Love coming here and “stealing” your pictured recipes for my lunches!
Swathi-Such a delicious and beautiful dish. I love the step-by-step photo directions. I would love to make this dish, I just love all the spices you use!
What a labor of love! This looks and sounds delicious. I love all the spices you used! Thanks for sharing it at Vegetarian Foodie Fridays!
Love the lentil balls. I am always on the look out for new ways to cook lentil. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely and delicious recipe.. thanks for sharing.. 🙂
This is absolutely delicious!!! I particularly like the fried lentil balls and coconut of course! This is superbly spiced and cooked to perfection! Thanks for making this delightful dish!
Love this ! Thank you for posting such a descriptive pictorial.
adipoli kandittu vayil ninnum vellam varunnu. onnu try cheyyanama
This is sooo delicious Swathi , u have me all hungry now and those cokies are super fantastic babe!
And those cookies sure look addictive ,they do!
It is so great to see this curry from your hometown Swathi! Your husband is right to say how delicious it is – I can see that through your preparation! I think he will be asking many times for you to make it again.
I am gonna try that out… thanks for sharing.
oh that looks so divine and loving the spices there!
New to me. Will try it and let you know.