Kumbakonum Kadappa

A vegetable stew using coconut and moong dal which is a very famous side dish for idlis and dosa from the Kumbakonam/Tanjore region of Tamil Nadu.

This is my friends’s recipe and it came out so good that I wanted to post the recipe on my website. My dad really loved it. He was telling me when he was in a town called “mayavaram” , he used to have it almost everyday with dosa/idli. Happy!

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Ingredients

• Moongdal – 1/4 cup
• Aloo – 1 
• Garlic 3 I add more 
• Ginger 
• Onion 1
• To grind:
• Coconut- 3 tbsp
• Pottu kadalai- 1 tbsp
• Poppy seeds -1/2 tbsp
• Green chilli 2
• Garlic 2

Directions

1. Pressure cool moong dal with turmeric and aloo.
2. In kadai add oil, cloves, cinnamon stick, sombu and bay leaves. Add thinly sliced onions. Add more garlic and green chilli. Add ginger garlic paste. Then cooked dal + half cup water. After that boils add aloo. After 2 mins add ground paste and salt to tast. 
3. Boil for 5-7 mins and garnish with coriander leaves.