ChaNe DaaLi kappa is one of my favorites. My Mother prepared this every other week for me. Hot steaming rice, tomato saaru and these kappa are divine combination :) With very simple ingredients it is fairly easy to prepare.
Ingredients :
1 cup ChaNe DaaLi (Shelled Chickpeas)
1/2 cup rice
1 bunch of spring onions
1 big red onion
3 tablespoons grated coconut
2 tablespoons red chili powder
1 tablespoon coriander powder
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon fenugreek powder
1" piece of tamerind
Salt to taste
Oil to fry
Method :
Soak chaNe daaLi and rice separately for 3 to 4 hours. Grind the rice to a smooth paste separately. Rice acts as a binding agent to keep the coarse chaNe daaLi together with other spices. Grind chaNe daaLi to a very coarse paste.
Grind grated coconut, tamerind and other powdered spices together to a fairly coarse paste. Finely chop spring onions and red onion. Now, mix all the ground pastes, chopped onions together and add salt. Mix thoroughly.
Heat a teaspoon full of oil in a flat frying pan. Take a lemon sized portion of the mixture and and flatten it on the frying pan as shown below. Add little oil on the top and cook on both sides till kappa are crispy.
Serve hot with steaming white rice and tomato saaru or daaLitoy. 1 cup chaNe daaLi measurement serves 5-6 people.
The variations to this dish are plenty. Substitute cabbage or malbaar spinach or pathra in the place of spring onions and you have three more delicious recipes :)
2 comments:
Hi Kusum, This is the first time to your blog and you have a great one. Good recipes and lovely pictures.
I am a Konkani too and i have noted many of your recipes.
The Chana daali kappa is also new to me, seeems like a bit of sanna Polo. i will drop by often.
Glad you liked my blog. Well, my Mother is from South Canara and my Father is from North. So, I may have mixed recipes.
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