November 2, 2011

Chakalaka

A new series of Blog Hop Wednesday starts today. A new set of people to cook with. It really feels good. Im paired with Priya of Tasty Curry Leaf and when I went through her blog, I really could'nt control the number of bookmarked recipes. I was paired with Priya Sreeram and while I started cooking, I chose the wrong Blog.  I hopped onto TastyCurryLeaf. I was literally hooked onto her site for hours. But later CurryLeaf commented on my post saying I had cooked from the wrong blog. I saw this late in the night and tried a 7 Cup Cake from Priya's Blog and posted it ontime for the Blog Hop.
Now, the recipe I chose from CurryLeaf is Chakala. Its a South African relish served with Pap. Its very simple to make and both kidney beans and baked beans being my favorites I chose this recipe. This is very similar to rajma masala.

Ingredients
Kidney Beans/Baked Beans - 1 cup
Onion - 2
Tomato - 2
Bell Pepper - 1
Ginger - Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
Curry Powder - 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil for cooking

Method
Soak kidney beans overnight and pressure cook till soft and mushy.
Heat oil, saute onions till golden. Add bell peppers, tomato and cook till pulpy.
Add salt, curry powder, cooked kidney beans and some water if needed. Cook on low heat till a gravy consistency is reached.
Serve hot with rice or chapathi

Bon Appetit!!
Rudra

15 comments:

Santosh Bangar said...

this my fav dish .looking inviting
i am following u and hope u visit my site and follow

Priya Suresh said...

I can have this nutritious curry with rotis anytime,fantastic.

Kaveri Venkatesh said...

A very yummy and nice curry...

Unknown said...

Superb side dish!!!Looks delicious.

veena said...

Interesting Name....looks tempting!!!

Kavi said...

Hey! Really healthy dish! please do link back to my page & participate in my Healthy Lunch Challenge if you can.. :)
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vaishali sabnani said...

simple yet flavorful!

Radhika said...

Nice name and an easy dish Rudra.

CurryLeaf said...

Hi, Thanks for trying the curry out and it looks awesome. Hope you enjoyed it.
But I think some confusion is still there. Please check the schedule given .As per my schedule you are supposed to cook from Priya SreeRam of MyBlog. Please check with Radhika.

Hope you do not mind me telling this. Sorry for that and Thanks again

Sumee said...

Looks nice..

Simplyfood said...

Looks really tasty.

Unknown said...

Yummy curry.. Deliciously goes with rice & roti..

Harini said...

surely a fancy name for the humble good one..rajma masala :)

Priya Sreeram said...

looks good ! yup priya @ curry leaf is right -u were supposed to cook from my blog but hey no issues- some other time, cheers & wishes

Vatsala. said...

Very healthy.
Invitation for a potluck