Kumbakonam Kadappa Recipe / Kadappa Recipe / Kadapa Recipe

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Finally i baked the lemon drizzle cake(which i was talking about yesterday) and it was amazing..I took pictures too, will share it soon in my blog. And yesterday i was cooking like a pro, i made kadappa, lemon drizzle cake, vadai egg varuval, fish fry, i was cooking and clicking the whole day..

Kadappa is a speciality recipe from kumbakonam, it taste so mild and great with soft idlies. I wanted to make this gravy for a long time, finally i made it today and it tasted so good. Everyone loved it lot.

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 45 mins

Serves : 6 to 8

Ingredients:

Onion – 1 large sliced thinly

Green Chillies – 2 slit

Curry Leaves – a sprig

Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi paruppu – 1/2 cup

Potatoes – 2 large
Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tblspn

Cinnamon / Pattai – 1 small stick

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp

Cloves – 4

Oil – 1 tblspn

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves for garnishing

For Grinding:

Coconut – 1/2 cup grated

Green Chilli – 3

Cashewsnuts – 6

Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu – 2 tsp

Method:

Cook dal and potatoes separately till it completely cooked. Mash dal well, Mash potatoes roughly. Set aside till use. Take all grinding ingredients in a blender and make into a fine puree. Set aside till use.

Now heat oil in a pot. Add in cinnamon, cloves and cumin seeds. Crackle for 30 sec.

Add in onions, green chilli and curry leaves. Saute for couple of mins. Add in ginger garlic paste and mix well.

Add in water, salt and bring it to boil.

Once it reaches boil, add in cooked dal and potatoes and mix well. Simmer for 5 mins.

Add in ground masala and mix well. Bring it to boil. Simmer for 5 mins.

Add in coriander leaves and serve.

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