Kadle Balekayi Usli

Ingredients:

3/4 cup Chickpeas/Kabool Kadle/Chana

1 medium sized Raw Banana

1 medium sized Onion

Salt to taste

Pinch of Turmeric powder

Pinch of Chilly powder

Small grape sized Jaggary

2-3 tsp grated Coconut

2-3 Curry leaves

1/4 tsp Mustard seeds

1/2 tsp Blackgram seeds

2-3 tsp oil

Recipe:

Soak chickpeas in water for about 8-10 hrs. Cook soaked chickpeas by adding salt, chilly powder, turmeric powder, jaggary and little amount of water in a pressure cooker.(2-3 whistle). Take off only the fiber from the outer cover of raw banana, chop it into small pieces and put it in a vessel containing water. Cook chopped banana by adding little amount of water, salt, chilly powder and turmeric powder. Mix cooked chickpeas, raw banana and keep it aside.

Chop onion into medium sized thin pieces.

Add mustard seeds, blackgram seeds and oil in a thick bottommed vessel/pan. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves and chopped onion.

Fry it for around 6-7 minutes, untill onion turns golden in color. Then add cooked chickpeas, raw banana, grated coconut and mix it. Keep the usli in low flame for about 2-3 minutes.

Aloo Fry

Ingredients:

3 medium sized Potatoes/Aloo

Salt to taste

1 tsp Rasam powder/Sambar powder

2-3 Curry leaves

1/4 tsp Mustard seeds

5-6 tsp oil

Recipe:

Chop potatoes into small pieces as shown in the picture below.

Add mustard seeds and oil in a thick bottommed vessel/pan. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves and chopped potatoes. Add salt and fry it for about 4-5 minutes. Add Rasam powder/sambar powder and fry it for about 15-20 mins in medium flame.

It goes well with Rice.