Kumbakonam kadappa (Potato Gravy from the city of Kumbakonam)

It is becoming cold and cold here, the temperatures are freezing down, I had planned I will post my other DB challenge recipes, ICC recipes, nothing seem to work out, as I am sick with cold, cough and fever, I had this in my draft from a long time, I made this when this girl was still a budding blogger now she has her own website, and of course a wonderful one too.., check out her blog.., As I was browsing her site one day I found this name very appealing!, I have been to Kumbakonam for just a visit to the temples around, never knew about this dish. when I read the Ingredients I was interested as it had Moong dal in it! who will not get tempted and I would not worry about this being gone in a jiff in my home as everyone of them is crazy of Potatoes.
Coming back to the recipe.....

KUMBAKONAM KADAPPA

INGREDIENTS:

6 to 7 Medium sized Potatoes

1/2 cup Moong dal

1 Medium sized onion

2 Green chillies

2 pods of Garlic

salt as required

1/4 tsp of Turmeric powder

6 to 7 sprigs of fresh Coriander leaves

1 tbsp of Lemon/Lime Juice

A few curry Leaves

A Pinch of Asafoetida

To Grind:

1/4 cup grated fresh coconut

2 Garlic pods

3 Green chillies

1'' Cinnamon stick

2 tbsp Daria dal/Pottukadalai/Roasted split Gram dal/Chutney dal

1 tbsp Poppy seeds

1 tbsp Coriander seeds

For Tempering:

1 tbsp of Oil

1 tsp Mustard seeds

1 tsp Cumin seeds

METHOD:

Chop the onion, Garlics and keep them ready.

If you want you can cook the potatoes previously or if using her method you can cook them in the pan after the tempering is done directly.

I cooked my potatoes previously in my pressure cooker, removed the skin and kept aside. when cooking the potatoes I had also cooked the moong dal in a separate container with 1 cup of water in the pressure cooker and kept it aside too.

Now Grind everything the header to Grind into a smooth paste with help of 1/2 cup of water and keep it ready too. ( You must first grind everything to a kind of powder/paste first without adding water, so the small things of masala used will grind well, if you add water in the beginning the masala will not grind to a smooth paste as we require to our consistency of smoothness this is applicable to all kind of gravies, sambhars, kootus we prepare).

Take a deep pan/kadai, heat the tbsp of oil add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and when they start spluttering up add chopped onions and Garlic and fry until they are transparent then add curry leaves give a slight stir then add the cooked potatoes and Moong dal then around 3 to 4 cups of water depending upon how thin or thick you want it, I added more water as I wanted it like a gravy for my Dosa then add required quantity of salt.

With an other 1/4 cup of water I made a liquid paste of the ground Masala (I usually add little more water once I grind to make into a nice liquid paste so when I pour into the boiling gravy it should not form any lumps and not mix well properly, this way I am sure it mixes well) and added it to the cooking Potato Dal, stirred it well and allowed it simmer for few more minutes, until the raw smell disappeared and the gravy started thickening.

Well that is done now, add the chopped Coriander leaves mix well, switch off, add the tbsp of lemon juice again give a good mix and serve hot with Chapatis, Dosas or Idlis

As she enjoy this Kumbakonam Kadappa with all the wonderful spices in it...

Oh! I forgot to tell you who it is right ? It is none other than Sowjanya of Ruchika Cooks check out her blog for the details of the Place and details of how she got into this recipe... Thanks dear for this lovely recipe.

Another click of my Kumbakonam Kadappa ..........

I am sending this to Priya and Aipi's Book marked recipes on Tuesday, (I am keeping my word on this right ?), well I am rocking by posting my tried and tested recipes :))

Comments

etown

March 26, 2012 at 7:04 am

you can see lot of information in kumbakonam.Its the one stop website for all information about salem.best jewellers,stores,schools,colleges,agencies and more!everything about kumbakonam.

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

January 11, 2011 at 9:20 pm

thanks for your comment dear. Hope and glad you are feeling better now.

Treat and Trick

January 11, 2011 at 2:41 pm

Sounds so yummy and love the spices you had used for this recipe..

Priya Sreeram

January 11, 2011 at 2:16 pm

Dear jayasri - Wishing you tons of love and happiness in 2011 ! Hope you are doing good now,keep in touch !

Usha

January 04, 2011 at 9:02 pm

I don't think I have ever had a combination of potatoes with moong in it! Looks delicious....

Wish you and your family a very Happy New Year!

savitha ramesh

December 23, 2010 at 8:08 pm

hi jaysree,We do these kadappas at our home,as my in laws are from kumbakonam surroundings.....It will taste too gud.First time in ur space...nice follwoing u dear.

Hari Chandana

December 22, 2010 at 5:39 pm

nice recipe.. looks too good.. thanks for the traditional recipe 🙂

Priya

December 22, 2010 at 9:36 am

MAkes me nostalgic, its my grandma's signature dish..urs clicks tempts me a lot..

Gayathri's Cook Spot

December 22, 2010 at 8:17 am

Never heard of this. Looks so inviting..

Shanthi

December 22, 2010 at 5:49 am

Its laying in my drafts for a very long time.. My papa luvs it. Even people in villupuram do it

Kurinji

December 22, 2010 at 5:40 am

New dish to me and nice combo, try it soon, thanks for sharing...
Kurinji

jayasree

December 22, 2010 at 4:33 am

Interesting recipe...Initially thought, you forgot to link and later realised you have saved the best for the last...Good one, Jayasri.

Pavithra

December 22, 2010 at 12:17 am

AAha my fav one looks so so so delicious and best combo with dosa and idli.. I am tempted..

Santosh Bangar

December 21, 2010 at 10:54 pm

so many spices then there is no dout of its tatste.it is new combination but healthy and yummy.

Jayasri Ravi

December 21, 2010 at 9:24 pm

Hi priya, that was very quick, but I got the point never thought of combining Aloo with Moong right ?

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

December 21, 2010 at 9:07 pm

wow, the name is surely making it want more and love all the spices going in. Never had potato combined with Aloo, so very very interesting.

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