Kadala kari

Ingredients
Chana (Chole or Kondai Kadalai) : 1 cup
Onion : 1/2 small size (Chopped onion)
Tomato : 1/2  (chopped tomato)
Garlic pods : 2 (chopped)

To make paste
Onion : 1
Tomato : 1
Tamarind : little

cashew : 6

Coconut : 1/4 cup

Red chilli powder : 2 tsp

To make Paste

• Cut the onion, tomato, tamarind and cashew and grind it in the mixi  with one spoon of boiled chana 
• Add coconut and red chilli powder and again grind it as paste.

To make Kadala Kari

• Soak the chana for 8 hours and boil it with salt in pressure cooker for 5 whistles
• Heat the oil in kadai, add garlic and Chopped onion and fry it till it becomes brown.
• Add chopped tomato and fry it for 5 minutes
• Add the paste and fry it for 5 minutes. Fry it until the odor is vanished 
• Add the boiled chana and mix it properly with the paste and add little chilli powder
• Add salt and mix it well and finaly add coriander leaves 
• Serve hot with Variety rice, Aappa dosa, plain dosa or  Idly