Kumbakonam Kadappa| Side dish for Idli Dosai | Easy Kumbakonam Kadappa Recipe

Idli and Kumbakonam Kadappa is my Appa’s favorite combo. Growing up Appa lived in his Aunt’s house for around 6 years and did his schooling in Vrudhachalam. His aunt was running a small eatery/mess at her home and this Kadappa used to be the most popular dish at her mess it seems. Most of the days his breakfast used to be Hot Idli & Kadappa prepared by his aunt and sometimes when he comes back from school he would happily finish off the leftovers too it seems 🙂 The restaurants in and around Thanjavur,Kumbakonam serve Kadappa with Idli/Dosai along with other commonly known sides chutneys+sambar.

Growing up Amma’s family didn’t use much of garlic, saunf or other masalas in their cooking much. Appa used to say this was the first dish that Amma tried after few years of marriage that had garlic in it 😊 A very basic recipe with Potatoes, Moongdal and a simple coconut paste results in such a delicious flavor gravy. You can eat this Chapathi too. The below meausrement serves two people. Adjust accordingly.

Adding turmeric is not required but since Amma is used to adding turmeric in most of her dishes I sometimes add it unknowingly out of practice 🙂

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Kumbakonam Kadappa

Kadappa is a familiar side dish for people in and around Tanjore (Thanjavur).It goes well with Idli, Set Dosai, Chapthi too. Moongdal & Potatoes are the main ingredients in this recipe

Course

main course

Cuisine

tamil

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

• 1 cup MoongDal
• 1 onion
• 4 Potatoes
• 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
• 1/2 tsp jeera
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1/2 tbsps salt
• teaspoon Oil

For Masala :

• 1 cup Grated Coconut
• 4 Garlic pods
• 1/4 inch ginger
• 2 Green Chillies
• 1 teaspoon Saunf
• 1 tablespoon Fried Gram/Daria பொட்டுக்கடலை
• 2 tbsps lemon juice to add at the end

Course main course Cuisine tamil Cook Time 30 minutes Servings people Ingredients 1 cup MoongDal 1 onion 4 Potatoes 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds 1/2 tsp jeera 1/2 tsp turmeric 1/2 tbsps salt teaspoon Oil For Masala : 1 cup Grated Coconut 4 Garlic pods 1/4 inch ginger 2 Green Chillies 1 teaspoon Saunf 1 tablespoon Fried Gram/Daria பொட்டுக்கடலை 2 tbsps lemon juice to add at the end

Instructions

1. Grind all the ingredients mentioned below in 'For Masala'.Add water in between and grind them to paste. You don't have to roast them
2. Pressure cook Potatoes & Moongdal for 4 whistles. Peel the skin from potatoes & keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in a frying pan and add jeera seeds, mustard seeds & curry leaves. Let them splutter
4. Add onions.Saute for a minute. Once they become translucent add turmeric powder, salt
5. Now slightly mash the pressure cooked potatoes with your hand or a masher and then add it to the pan
6. Add Moong dal & coconut paste. Mix everything well together
7. Add a cup of water and let the kadappa boil in a low flame for 8 to 10 minutes.
8. Turn off the flame and let kadappa get cooled down for sometime
9. Adjust salt, squeeze lemon juice and mix it well. Lemon juice helps in cutting down the heaviness in the gravy. Helps in easier digestion too
10. Serve the delicious kumbakonam kadappa with Idli, Dosai or Chapathi