Potato Chick Pea flour Gravy Curry

Cooking Time : 25 Minutes

Preparing Time: 10 minutes 

Cuisine:  South Indian  (Andhra)

Smooth and melting  gravy ,a perfect complement to puffy and crispy poori .The best home made gravy curry for poori or chapathi with in minutes .This is a very popular side or curry in south India 

& you probably love the besan gravy curry  served with poori in hotels ,mainly road side hotels . 

 If you ever tasted this , you know what I am talking about ,because people love to eat poori  for this curry at only certain places . What if you can prepare this curry at your place more healthy but with the same taste , a big YES !!!!

This basic recipe does involve only four to five  ingredients those are available in your kitchen everyday.A simple and a must try recipe .

Ingredients:

Potatoes 1 to 2 chopped into cubes

Carrots 1 chopped into cubes

Onions 1 large cup sliced length wise 

Green chilies 2 to 3 according to taste 

Curry leaves few

Salt according to taste 

Chickpea Flour (coarsely done) 1 to 2 table spoons /according to taste preference 

For Tempering:

Mustard Seeds 1/2 teaspoon

Cumin Seeds 1/4 teaspoon

Black Gram 1/2 teaspoon

Turmeric 2 pinches

Chickpea (Split ) 1 teaspoon

Oil 1 table spoon

Procedure:

Step 1: Heat a pan, add in the tempering , when it sputters , add curry leaves and green chilies.

Step 2: Now add potatoes and carrots , fry for five minutes , then add the sliced onions .

Step 3: Fry until the onions become translucent , then add in abut 3 cups of water . Add salt for taste and let boil until potatoes are cooked and mushy .

Step 4: Mean while add enough water into chickpea flour and make it into a thin consistency fluid without any lumps .

Step 5: When the potatoes are cooked enough add in the chickpea paste and let sit for five more minutes or until the paste looses raw smell.
Step 6: Switch off the stove and serve hot with chapati or poori .

Notes:

• You can add cabbage instead of onions 
• You can boil the potatoes , then add them to the gravy 
• You can add green peas or tomatoes according to taste