KADALAI PARUPPU / CHANNA DAL / SPLIT BENGAL GRAM
Here is a wacky dish that is a fusion between South Indian flavors and the rustic charm of chaat. Check out this recipe for a quick evening time snack that makes you crave for more!
Ingredients
Kadalai paruppu — 1 cup
Fresh Coconut — 2 tbsp
Green chili— 1
Raw mango cubes— 3 tbsp
Mustard seeds— ½ tsp
Asafetida— ½ tsp
Chaat powder— ½ tsp
Lemon juice— 1 tbsp
Salt— ¾ tsp
Oil— 1 tbsp
Chopped coriander leaves— 2 tbsp
Few curry leaves.
Method
Wash and cook the kadalai paruppu in a pressure cooker. Heat oil in a pan ,add the mustard seeds, when they splutter add the green chilli and stir. Add the curry leaves and coconut and sauté for a minute. Now add the cooked kadalai paruppu, to this add asafetida, chaat powder and salt .Mix everything together well and sauté for two minutes. Put off the heat. Add the raw mango, lemon juice and coriander leaves, mix well, your sundal is ready.
Sprinkle a little tamarind sweet chutney, green chutney, boodhi and sev and turn this simple sundal into a kadalai paruppu chaat.