BROWN CHANA, BLACK CHANA SUNDAL, CHUNDAL

During Navarathi, this is another variety of Sundal, chundal made with black chana, brown chana, konda kadalai for the neivedyam to Devi.  This can be had on normal days also as a snack with chopped tomatoes and onions and little nylon sev on top of it.  Navrathri pooja begins on 5th of October, varieties of sundal, chundal recipes are here for you.

Let us have a look at the recipe now.


Ingredients: 

1  cup Brown chana
4  tbs Grated coconut
2  Green chillies
A small piece of ginger
Few curry leaves
A pinch of turmeric powder
Salt

Tempering

4 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Urid dal
1 Red chilli broken into pieces
Few curry leaves
Hing (Asafoetida) powder

Method: 1. Pressure cook the chana till is soft should not be mushy with salt and turmeric powder. Remove excess water. 2. In a kadai, heat oil, add the mustard seeds, urid dal and chilli. 3. When it splutters and the urid dal becomes slightly brown, add the curry leaves and hing powder. 4. Mix the brown chana in it and saute well. 5. Crush the grated coconut, green chillli in mixer and add to the above mix. 6. Saute for a minute and transfer to a bowl. Neivedyam is ready.   variation:  you can cut the coconut into small bits and add to it. in that case crush the green chilli only and add to the chana see for more varieties of sundal, chundal recipes in my blog.

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