Chana Dal Sundal Recipe - Ingredients

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Channa Dal - 1 cup
Coconut - 3 tbsp
Ginger scrapped - 1 tsp (optional)
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 pressure cook chana dal with 1.5 cups for 1-2 whistles or until it turns soft but not mushy. Keep aside.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.
   
2. Then add the cooked chana dal, scrapped ginger and required salt. Mix well until its combined. Add coconut, give a quick stir 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.