Chana sundal recipe – It is a savoury snack traditional made for vinayagar chathurthi…..We usually make sweet modakam(pooranam kozhukattai), savoury kozhukattai, channa sundal and ellu urundai now. The internet at home has gone down for the past 2 days and am feeling sick, just came to a near by browsing center to post this 🙂 Hopefully my net should be back atleast for the next post….keeping fingers crossed.
Chana Sundal Recipe – Ingredients
Preparation Time : 5 mins + overnight chana soaking time | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Snack| Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Channa – 1/2 cup
Coconut – 2 tbsp
Water – 1 cup
Salt – to taste
To temper:
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Urad dal – 1/4 tsp
Red Chillies – 2 small
Curry leaves – few
Chana sundal recipe video
Method:
- Soak channa overnight atleast for 8 hours.Rinse well and pressure cook along with 1 cup of water and required salt for 5 to 6 whistles or until soft,Set aside.
- It should be easily mashable.Heat oil in a pan – add the ingredients under ‘to temper’ and allow it to crackle. Saute till the dal turns golden.
- Then add the cooked channa and mix well with the tempered items.Once it is slightly dry add coconut , give it a quick stir and switch off.Add salt if needed.
When I saw these thonais(the cup holding the sundal) at Nilgiris the first thing that striked me was to make channa sundal and click with it. Sometimes yes the props hold more attention than the main dish to me 🙂 I am sure most food bloggers will agree with me.
My Notes:
- You can even boil the channa instead of pressure cooking, but I prefer the pressure cooking way.
- While pressure cooking channa adding salt takes time to cook so I always add it while tempering.
- You can use the same method for cooking green gram,mocha kottai or even channa dhal which makes a variety for navaratri sundal recipes.
Radhika says
August 31, 2011 at 7:26 amHappy vinayagar chaturthi wishes to u and ur family Sharmi. Yummy sundal and nice presentation. ya dhonnais always remind me of sundals.
Kadhyaa... says
August 31, 2011 at 7:35 amthese are simple yet very yummy dishes 🙂 lovley cliks
priya ravi says
August 31, 2011 at 8:30 amHappy vinayagar chaturthi to u .. Beautiful clicks.
An Open Book says
August 31, 2011 at 8:47 amive heard abt this but never really had it..looks yum
RAKS KITCHEN says
August 31, 2011 at 9:05 amWow,superb photography, loved all the pictures… Happy chadurthi to you and your family!! Happy eating :))
Vimitha Anand says
August 31, 2011 at 9:07 amAdvanced Vinayagar chathurthi wishes dear… Sundal looks so inviting
Priya says
August 31, 2011 at 9:23 amHappy Vinayagar chathurthi wishes Sharmi, love this sundals..
Rinku Naveen says
August 31, 2011 at 10:50 amLovely looking sundals and loved the thonais a lot..
Alpana says
August 31, 2011 at 11:16 amWoooo……I love this chana……seeing your clicks I'm craving for some now.
Thanks for sharing
revathi says
August 31, 2011 at 11:22 amHappy Vinayagar Chathurthi to you and your family dear:) Loved this sundal and the presentation is just amazing..
Reva
Shri says
August 31, 2011 at 12:06 pmThis looks amazing with the papercone:-)
Sowmya says
August 31, 2011 at 1:56 pmWonderful presentation n awesome clicks..Happy vinayagar chathurthi!
Suja says
August 31, 2011 at 2:06 pmLove this sandal..tempting clicks dear
Cilantro says
August 31, 2011 at 2:11 pmVinayagar chaturthi wishes to you and your family Sharmi!
savitha ramesh says
August 31, 2011 at 2:42 pmHappy vinayagar chathurthi dear.my fav sundal.
sanjeeta kk says
August 31, 2011 at 5:05 pmOne of my fav. snack! Happy chaturthi to you, Sharmilee.
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Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says
August 31, 2011 at 5:29 pmYum, perfect snack and I like your presentation in paper cones 🙂
manjooo says
August 31, 2011 at 5:53 pmLooking great!!!! The first time i had this when one of my collegue got this..after that for all Vinayaka Chathurthi i make this :)…
Torviewtoronto says
August 31, 2011 at 5:58 pmdelicious looking snack looks wonderful
Krithi's Kitchen says
August 31, 2011 at 6:43 pmPerfect clicks!!
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Neha says
August 31, 2011 at 7:15 pmChane looks delicious…Nice clicks too…
Sobha Shyam says
August 31, 2011 at 8:23 pmsimple and lovely chana, i too make this..
ANU says
September 1, 2011 at 1:28 ambeautiful simple recipe….love the pictorials and the way u wrapped it up with newspaper…..
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Nitha says
September 1, 2011 at 3:17 amThis one is a healthy and delicious snack..
Vardhini says
September 1, 2011 at 5:44 amLove the pictures .. May be I should make sundal tomorrow .. thx for reminding me. 🙂
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Gayathri NG says
September 1, 2011 at 10:20 amHappy vinayagar chaturthi sharmi..luv channa sundal..nice clicks..
Happy vinayagar chaturthi sharmi..luv channa sundal..nice clicks..
Happy Cook / Finla says
September 1, 2011 at 2:36 pmI have never had this untill i went for a dinner in Srivalli's place when we were in Chennai few years ago and i loved it and this looks yumm too.
TheYummyMorsel says
September 1, 2011 at 4:08 pmMade the same today along with Besan Ladoo. Yummy!
Prathima Rao says
September 1, 2011 at 5:09 pmHealthy & yummy!!! This is my fav :)) Mom sometimes adds tamarind ground with some coconut too..:) Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to u n ur family Sharmi!!
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SpicyTasty says
September 1, 2011 at 6:02 pmhealthy and delicious sundal..
Kalpana Sareesh says
September 2, 2011 at 5:53 amtoo good.. n my fav sundal..
Shanavi says
September 2, 2011 at 2:31 pmI appreciate ur effort to post this recipe..Again an authentic recipe has been made perfectly..