Kadalai Paruppu Sundal / Chana Dal Sundal | Navaratri Recipes

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I havent been to kollus I remember only once seeing it in person in my friends place. Otherwise to me, kollus are always visualised only in movies :) On vinayagar chathurthi when we went to temple, chakarai pongal was served in these thonnais and I picked these thonnais from there :)

Chana Dal Sundal Recipe - Ingredients:

• Channa Dal - 1 cup
• Coconut - 3 tbsp
• Ginger scrapped - 1 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Oil - 1.5 tsp

To temper:

• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Urad dal - 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Red chillies - 2
• Hing - a generous pinch

Method:

1. Soak channa dal in water for an hour. Then cook chana dal with 1.5 cups water in a pan until it turns soft but not mushy. Keep aside.
2. In a pan heat oil, add mustard seeds, urad dhal allow it to crackle. Add hing, curry leaves and red chillies fry for a minute.
3. Then add the cooked channa dal, scrapped ginger and required salt. Mix well until its combined. Add coconut and switch off.

My Notes:

• Pressure cooking will be ok too but take care not to make channa dal mushy.
• Adding ginger always helps to avoid gastric problems with most lentils esp with chana dal.
• You can replace red chillies with green chillies also