DISH NAME : VADA KOOTU CURRY (LENTIL DUMPLINGS IN SAUCE)

Preparation Time : 45 minutes (excluding making vadas)

Cooking Time : (3 hours soaking time)+ 30 minutes

Description

This curry is popular in Trivandrum. A vegetarian curry with non vegetarian flavour.

Note

1) If you can`t make vadas, buy medu vadas and cut into samll pieces and add to curry.

Method

For vada:-
1) Soak urad dal in water for 3 hours and grind to a thick paste without adding water.
2)To this add green chilli chopped finely, salt to taste and ginger chopped finely. Take batter in a teaspoon (to make small vadas) and add to very hot oil and fry till golden brown. Remove and keep aside.
For curry:
1) Heat coconut oil and saute potatoes for 3 minutes.
2) Now add onion cubed and fry for another 5 minutes.
3) Add corriander powder, turmeric powdr, chilli powder and pepper powder. When masalas are done, add salt to taste and 2nd extract coconut milk and let potatoes cook on a slow flame.
4) When potatoes are cooked and the gravy is reduced and thick, add 1st extract coconut milk, fried vadas and garam masala powder. When it comes to a simmer, remove from fire and add tempering. Keep for some time before serving, so that vada absorbs the curry. Curry should be quite thick.

For tempering:-
1) Heat coconut oil, splutter mustard seeds, curry leaves and dry red chillies. Pour over curry.