Kerala Easy Kadala ChickPea Curry- Instant Pot Recipe
 
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Recipe type: Main
Serves: 5 people
Ingredients
  • Coconut oil- 1 tbsp
  • Dried bay leaves- 2
  • Onions, chopped- 2
  • Curry leaves- 1 sprig
  • Ginger-garlic paste- 1 tbsp
  • Tomatoes, chopped- 2
  • Chili powder- 1 to 1½ tsp
  • Turmeric powder- ¼ tsp
  • Coriander powder- 2 tsp
  • Garam Masala- ½ tsp
  • Salt- 1 to 1½ tsp
  • Cooked chickpeas- 3 cups
  • Water from cooked chickpeas- 1½ cups
  • Cilantro, chopped- ¼ cup
Instructions
  1. Firstly, pressure cook 2 cups white or black chickpeas in 3 cups water till 2 whistles.
  2. Or pressure cook in the Instant Pot- add 2 cups chickpea and 2 cups water, to the stainless steel pot. Select pressure cook setting, set time to 20 minutes at high pressure. After 20 minutes of pressure cooking, let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes and then do a quick pressure release.
  3. Drain the liquid through a strainer, save the liquid it's packed with flavor.
  4. I've cooked the curry in the Instant Pot. You can cook in a regular pressure cooker.
  5. Select saute setting on the Instant Pot, at medium temperature. Let the stainless steel pot turn hot.
  6. Add oil to the stainless steel pot.
  7. Add dried bay leaves.
  8. Add onions, season with ½ tsp salt; saute for a minute.
  9. Add ginger-garlic paste, combine well. Saute for a minute.
  10. Add tomatoes, combine well.
  11. Add all the spices & 1 tsp salt. Combine well.
  12. Add the cooked chickpeas and 1½ cups chickpea liquid, combine well.
  13. Close the pot with the lid.
  14. Cancel saute setting. Select Pressure cook setting, set time to 2 minutes at high pressure.
  15. We have added cooked chickpeas, that's the reason we have to only pressure cook for 2 minutes this way all the spices & flavors will be absorbed by the chickpeas & will taste delish.
  16. After 2 minutes of pressure cooking, let the pressure release naturally for 5 minutes & then do a quick pressure release.
  17. Open the lid, combine everything well.
  18. Taste & add additional salt if required.
  19. Finally, garnish with chopped cilantro.
  20. Serve into a bowl & enjoy with puttu along with pappadam or crispy wafers.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Wholesome Homemade Recipes at https://thasneen.com/cooking/kerala-puttu-with-kadala-chickpea-curry-kerala-style-breakfast-recipe/