Kumbakonam Kadappa Sambar Recipe | Kadappa Recipe

Kadappa is a traditional dish made in kumbakonam and tanjore. It is a watery side dish similar to stew. This recipe might resemble kurma as whole spices are added to it. Adding carrot and tomato to this dish is totally your choice. This goes very well with idli and dosa. Every restaurant in kumbakonam and other areas of Tanjore district serves this yummy dish for the breakfast, its rarely seen in other parts of tamil nadu. 

Moong dal is used in this recipe which is ligher to the tummy compared to toor dal. Compared to other dals, moong dal is one of the low carb pulses available. Other pulses are high in protein but carbs too.Try this healthy and rare dish and get the joy and fulfillment from its delicious taste

Kumbakonam Kadappa Recipe Cuisine: Tamil Nadu |  Recipe Category: Sambar Prep Time:  10 minutes   |  Cook time: 20 minutes    |  Serves: 3-4 POTATOES – 2 NOS MOONG DAL – ¼ CUP ONION – 1 NO TOMATO – 1 NO SALT – TO TASTETURMERIC POWDER – ¼ TSPN CORIANDER LEAVES – FEW LEMON JUICE – 1TSPN TO GRIND FRIED GRAM – 1 TBLSPN GREEN CHILLI – 2 NOS GRATED COCONUT – ¼ CUP  FENNEL SEEDS – 1 TSPN CUMIN SEEDS – 1 TSPN GINGER – 1 INCH GARLIC – 4 NOS TEMPERING COOKING OIL – 2 TBLSPN MUSTARD SEEDS – ½ TSPN CLOVES – 4 NOS CARDOMOM – 2 NOS BAY LEAF – 2 NOS CURRY LEAVES – FEW

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

1. Cook the Moong dal and washed potatoes along with turmeric powder in pressure cooker with 2 cups of water for 3 whistles. 

 2. Take a pan add oil and fry slitted green chilli once it starts spluttering add fried gram and saute it for few seconds and switch off the flame. Allow this to cool

3. Now grind the given ingredients along with peeled ginger and fried green chilli and roasted gram (drain it from oil) into mixie jar and grind it as a fine paste

Finely chop onions and tomatoes.Peel and chop potatoes as cubes. Take the cooked dal separately and mash it.

4. Take a deep pan transfer the remaining oil, once oil is hot add ingredients given for tempering, then add onions saute it till it turns to translucent, then add tomato and saute it till tomatoes become mushy.

5.Now add the grounded paste,salt and 1 cup of water and mix it well

 6.Cook it till the raw flavor is gone then add potatoes

7.Then add cooked dal and add water to it if required. Cook it in low flame by closing it with a lid. 

8.Once it is started boiling switch off the flame and then add lemon juice and mix it

9. Transfer it to a serving dish and serve it hot with idly, dosa and idiyappam