Telangana Style Barada Palya Recipe - Chana Dal Dry Sabzi
Barada Palya Recipe - Chana Dal Dry Sabzi is a delicious Telangana style dry curry made with chana dal and barada literally means Crumble. This is one of those curries made especially by the Telanganites and is more limited to the Vysya community.
Ingredients
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3/4 cup Chana dal (Bengal Gram Dal)
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6 Green Chillies
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halved
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1 inch Ginger
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peeled and chopped
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Coriander (Dhania) Leaves
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finely chopped
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Salt
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to taste
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1/8 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
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2 tablespoons Oil
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1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
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1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
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2 sprig Curry leaves
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making Barada Palya - Chana Dal dry Sabzi, we have to wash and soak chana dal in water for an hour
Step 2
After an hour, drain the water from the dal and keep aside
Step 3
In a mixer-jar, combine the soaked dal, peeled and chopped ginger and halved green chillies
Step 4
Grind them to a coarse paste
Step 5
Place a heavy bottomed pan on low heat and add a tablespoon of oil
Step 6
Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves
Step 7
Now that they have crackled, add the chopped coriander leaves and saute for a minute or two
Step 8
Next, add the ground dal paste along with salt and turmeric powder
Step 9
Give them a good mix and on low heat continue to cook by scraping bottom of the pan in intervals as it tends to stick to the pan quiet easily
Step 10
Keep adding a teaspoons of oil in intervals as you fry the barada palya
Step 11
It takes around 20 minutes to fry the dal until done and the chana dal sabzi to be crumbly
Step 12
Once the texture of the dal gets crumbly turn off the heat
Step 13
Serve Barada Palya - Chana Dal Dry Sabzi along with Steamed Rice and Udupi Tomato Rasam for a delicious Weekday meal
Step 14
You can served a Curry Leaves Buttermilk with this meal