MOONGDAL SUNDAL

Moongdal sundal is very easy to make.  During Navarathri, each day one Sundal variety is made for Neivedyam.  In South India, Kosumbari is made out of moongdal for feast, wedding etc.  The Sundal is prepared with a a very simple method and does not take much time.

This recipe was lying in my draft for about 15 days, as I wanted to post the same before the Navrathri started.  Somehow I could not upload as I had  hectic days managing office, household etc with very little time to spare for my blog.  Secondly, my camera is not working, hence depending upon the children totally for the picture taken on their mobile.  Since my daughter is having her exams now, she is fully occupied with her studies so I do not want to disturb her.  Hence I am posting the recipe without photo and shall update later on.

Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

1/4 cup moongdal
2 tbsp grated coconut
1 small green chilli
1 small ginger piece
1/4 tsp cumin seeds 
2 tsp oil
a pinch of turmeric powder
a pinch of asafoetida
few curry leaves
salt
Lime juice

1 tsp Mustard seeds 
1 tsp urid dal
1 red chilli broken
1 tsp chopped coriander leaves

Method:

Wash, soak the moongdal for 15 minutes.  Boil water and put the moongdal in it and cook for only two minutes with turmeric powder, with little salt.  after two minutes, drain, run through cold water and put it in sieve to drain out the excess water in it.

coarsely grind the coconut, ginger, green chilli, cumin seeds.  Heat oil in kadai.  Put the mustard seeds, urid dal, red chilli.  when it is done, add the curry leaves, asafoetida.  add the moongdal, little salt mix well.  add the ground coconut mix in it, mix well and switch off gas.  add in the lime juice. coriander leaves. mix well.  Moongdal sundal is ready for neivedyam.

NOTE:  by adding chopped cucumber, onion, tomato etc. can serve as salad too.