Sundal - Bengal gram
Bengal gram Sundal is called as Kadalai paruppu sundal in Tamil. It is made of Bengal gram.
We make this sundal during festival days and auspicious days.
This is a common snack in the beach side or near temples.
Let us see tradional way of making Kadalaiparuppu Sundal here.
Ingredients
to pressure cook
- Bengal gram - 1 cup
- Water - 3 cups
for saute
- Onion - chopped 1/2 cup (optional)
- Tomato - (optional)
- Curry leaves - 2 string
- Mint leaves - (optional)
- Coriander leaves - a bunch
- Ginger - chopped
- Garlic - chopped (optional)
- Coconut - grated - handful
- Green Chilli - 1
- Oil - 2 tsp
- Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Black gram - skin husked 1 tsp
- Asafoetida - a pinch
- Salt - as per taste
Preparation
1
Soak Bengal gram in water and keep it untouched for four hours (for best results keep it overnight).
2
Boil the soaked Bengal gram. For better results use a pressure cooker. You can also boil in regular pot on stove but it takes a lot of time.
3
4
Chop green chilli and chop ginger. Add them to the pan. Continue saute.
If you want to add onion, add them now. Saute till raw onion smell goes off.
Or you can add finely chopped onions at the end before serving.
If you want to add onion, add them now. Saute till raw onion smell goes off.
Or you can add finely chopped onions at the end before serving.
5
Add the boiled Bengal gram (kondai kadalai) into the pan (along with salt as per taste) and continue saute for 2 min.
6
Add curry leaves, coriander leaves and grated coconut to the content of the pan. Continue saute for a 2 more minutes.
7
Serve Sundal in a bowl.
Optionally you can add the following items chopped:
Raw tomato, Raw Green Mango, Raw onion
Optionally you can add the following items chopped:
Raw tomato, Raw Green Mango, Raw onion