Sundal - Green peas
Green peas Sundal is called as Pattani sundal. It is made of Green peas.
We make this sundal during festival days and auspicious days.
This is a common snack in the beach side or near temples. Unlike other sundals (kadalai, pasipayiru, kadalaiparuppu), this makes the top 2 in the list of sundals you can enjoy in the beach. Top 1 being groundnut sundal.
Let us see tradional way of making Pattani Sundal here.
Ingredients
to pressure cook
- Green peas - 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 Green peas in water and keep it untouched for four hours (for best results keep it overnight).
2
Boil the soaked Green peas. For better results use a pressure cooker. You can also boil in regular pot on stove but it takes a lot of time.
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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.
Another option is, you can add raw onion at the end before serving.
If you want to add onion, add them now. Saute till raw onion smell goes off.
Another option is, you can add raw onion at the end before serving.
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Add the boiled Green peas (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.
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