Healthy Food Recipes - White Chana Masala Sundal
Posted on: 13/Mar/2015 10:07:40 AM
Ingredients:
- White Chana – 200 grams
- Mustard Seeds – ¼ tsp
- Curry leaves – a few
- Asafoetida – a pinch
- Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp
- Sambar Powder – 1 tbsp.
- Garam Masala – ½ tsp
- Cooking oil – 2 tbsp.
- Salt – to taste
To Grind:
- Onion – 1 no
- Tomato – 1 no
- Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp
- Ginger – a small piece
- Garlic – 4 cloves
Method of Preparation:
- Soak White Chana for about 6 to 7 hours in water.
- Completely drain it. Add required quantity of salt and water along with chana and pressure cook it for about 5 whistle, so that the chana become mushy.
- You can also prepare Rasam using the chana boiled water.
- Transfer the cooked chana in a bowl and keep it aside.
- Grind raw onion, tomato, ginger, garlic and fennel seeds to a fine paste.
- Heat a pan with a spoon of oil and add mustard seeds. Once it splutters, add a few curry leaves and then add the grinded paste to it.
- Saute the mix well for about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Then add salt to taste, turmeric powder, sambar powder and garam masala powder, pinch of asafoetida and mix well. Keep on stirring and then add a little quantity of water (approximately around 50 ml of water).
- Allow it to boil for about 2 minutes and then add the cooked channa dal to it.
- Saute well for about 3 to 5 minutes, until the masala gets coated well on top of the chana.
- Chana Dry Masala Sundal is ready for your Kid’s Evening Snack!
Tips:
- As we already add salt while boiling the chana itself, it is better to add a little bit of salt while sautéing onion and tomato.
- As we are grinding raw onion and tomato, we need saute it well in oil until the raw smell leaves; it will give nice aroma to the dish, else the masala will be slightly bitter in taste.
- Comparing to the ordinary White Chana Sundal, this white Chana masala Sundal will be a favourite dish for kids and adults.
- In this masala type, you can add the boiled potato and mix it with the chana and masala. This turns to be an apt side dish for lunch
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Mrs. Lavanya Sampath
