Kadala Kootu

Ingredients:


Black chick peas -1/2 cup Soaked overnight
Yam/plantain -chopped into small pieces
Ginger
Green chillies
Salt
Turmeric powder
Red chili powder
Coriander powder
Grated coconut
Coconut oil
Curry leaves
Mustard seeds
Dried red chili
Small onions sliced



Seasoning:
In a pan heat oil, add mustard seeds .When the mustard splutters add red chili,curry leaves and sliced onions.Saute them till they are translucent.Add grated coconut and saute them until they turn light brown.

Method:
Pressure cook chick peas and yam with water,turmeric powder,green chillies,ginger,red chilli powder,coriander powder and salt.Once it is cooked add the seasoning.Give a gentle mix.Its a semi-dry preparation.

“Enchant, stay beautiful and graceful, but do this, eat well. Bring the same consideration to the preparation of your food as you devote to your appearance. Let your dinner be a poem, like your dress.”
- Charles Pierre Monselet,French journalist