Kadappa Recipe

Ingredients:

Green gram- 1/4 cup
Medium sized potato-2
Chopped onion- 1/2 cup
Chopped tomato- 2 cups
Cloves-2
Cardamom-2
Bay leaves-2
Slit green chillies-3
Salt to taste
Oil-4 tbsp
Grind the following ingredients to a fine paste:
Green chillies-2
Fennel seeds-1 tsp
Shredded coconut- 2 tbsp
Cinnamon-1 piece

Procedure:

Cook the green gram and the potatoes in a pressure cooker and then mash finely.
Heat a kadai and pour the oil.
Add the cardamom, bay leaves and the cloves and fry for a few minutes.
Add the onion with the green chillies and the tomatoes and fry well until they are cooked and the oil floats on the surface.
Add the mashed ingredients with the ground paste, salt and 2 cups of water.
Let it simmer for some minutes until every thing is blended well and the gravy is slightly thickened.