Vaal beans curry / Avarekalu palya

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

Content	Quantity	Comment
Vaal beans / Avarekalu	½ cup	Pressure cooked for 2 whistles in salt water
Potato	2 medium	Cooked in salt water and cut into pieces (until 70 percent done)
Gobi / cauliflower	½ cup	Boiled in salt water for 5 mins
Tomato	2 medium	Chopped
Onion	2 medium	Sliced thinly
Coriander leaves	4 tbsp
Curry leaves	1 sprig
Ginger garlic paste	2 tsp
Turmeric	2 pinch
Red chili powder	2 tbsp
Jeera powder	2 tbsp
Coriander powder	2 tbsp
Salt	To taste
Water	To cook
Sabzi masala powder	2 tbsp	Any market available sabzi masala or homemade masala powder or kitchen king masala will also work
Jeera	1 tsp
Oil	2-3 tbsp
Sugar	A pinch

Method:

Heat oil in a pan. Add jeera. Once they start spluttering, add curry leaves. Add onions, ginger garlic paste, turmeric and a pinch of salt, sugar and saute till onions turn translucent. Add chopped tomatoes and cook till soft. Add the cooked vaal beans, potatoes and gobi and mix well. Add red chilli powder, jeera powder, coriander powder, salt (add less as the potatoes, gobi and vaal beans are already cooked in salt water), and some water to cook and mix well. Cook covered till gobi and potatoes are soft and dry masalas smell is gone. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with chapati's, roti's....