Puttu & Kadala Curry Recipe By Chef Rakesh Raghunathan

Heat a pot, add 1 cup rice flour, salt to taste, few drops of water and mix it well.

Fill one layer of rice flour in a puttu steamer, then one layer of grated coconut, again a layer of rice flour.

Then close it and let is steam.

Dry roast cloves, cinnamon stick and saunf. Once the mixture cools, grind it into a powder.

Heat coconut oil in a pan, add 1 tsp mustard seeds, 1 cup shallots, few curry leaves, chopped green chilli, 2 tsp chopped coconut and roast it well.

Now add 1 cup soaked black chickpea, 2 tsp red chilli powder, 2 tsp coriander powder, 1 ½ Garam masala powder, water as required, salt to taste and let them cook.

Add 1 cup coconut paste and water as required. Let it boil.

Then add 1 tsp coconut oil. Kadala Curry is ready to serve now.