Kollu Kadaiyal, a delicious and flavorful curry made with horse gram. It's one of the popular recipes in the Kongu region of Tamilnadu. 

Back in the days, in Tirunelveli, Amma or anyone from our family circle never made anything with kollu so obviously I never knew or tasted kollu before marriage. After marriage, when i came to Tiruppur, i heard about kollu paruppu / rasam a lot and knew that's one of the common dishes in that region.

However, i had tried my hands on this ingredient very recently only. Couple of months back, i bought a pack of horse gram because of impulsive buying when roaming around the grocery aisle without the purchase list on hand :-)

First thing i tried with horse gram was this kollu kadaiyal. It was simply amazing in taste and flavor. Ever since i have been making this curry for at least once in 15 days. More than a curry we like this as an accompaniment. So usually i serve this along with rice and puli kuzhambu. 

The main flavor of the curry comes from the grounded spices. So i highly recommend to make it fresh instead of  using the ready-made ones.  Also, you can make this curry as mushy as you want. In our house ,we don't prefer mushy paruppu, so don't mush the horse gram completely.

Now let's check out on how to make this delicious Kollu Kadaiyal 

Kollu Kadaiyal | Horse Gram Curry

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves : 3 
Recipe Category: Curry | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Kollu Kadaiyal, Horse gram Curry, Kollu Paruppu description.

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Ingredients

Kollu / Horse gram - 1/2 cup

Tomato - 1 

Garlic - 2 cloves

Green Chili - 1

Coriander leaves - a few

To Roast & Grind

Coriander seed - 2 tsp

Cumin seed - 1/2 tsp

Pepper corns - 1/2 tsp

Onion -1/2

To Temper

Sesame oil - 1 tsp

Mustard & urad dal - 1/4 tsp(each)

Pearl onion - 5 

Red chili -1 

Procedure

Take the kollu in a pressure cooker, wash it twice and then add 1 cup water along with roughly chopped tomatoes, garlic and green chili.

Close the pressure cooker with a lid and cook it for 5-6 whistles. In the mean time, dry roast the ingredients listed under " To Roast & Grind". First add the spice and roast till aromatic and then add the sliced onions and saute till translucent.

Let it cool completely and grind them into coarse paste. 

Once the pressure is naturally released from the pressure cooker, open the cooker, discard the green chili and then mash the horsegram roughly.

Put the pressure cooker on the heat again and add the grounded spices and bring into a boil(if needed add water as per your needed consistency).

In the mean time, temper the ingredients listed under "To Temper" and add it into the kadaiyal.

Finally add some chopped coriander leaves and mix it all well. 

Delicious Kollu Kadaiyal is ready ! You can serve this as main curry or as an accompaniment. 

Related: How to make Kollu Idli Podi

Notes:

• If you want more spiciness, you can mash the green chili as well.
• While serving, you can add a tsp of ghee for extra flavor.