Horse gram is the most protein-rich high-powered lentil. Kollu sundal is best fat burner, you can add this on your diet weekly once like kollu rasam, kollu kulambhu, kollu sundal. Out of this kollu sundal contains less oil and tasty. This goes well with puttu or tea time snacks. For kids this is healthy snacks. Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
Ingredients
- Kollu / Horsegram - 1 cup
- Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
- Chili powder - 1 tsp
- Onion - 1
- Green chili - 2
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Salt as required
- Curry leaves - 1 string
- Corriander leaves - for garnish
- Coconut oil - 1 tbsp
Method
- Soak kollu overnight or 8 hours. Pressure cook with water till immersing level of kollu for 3 whistles in medium flame. Drained water can use it for rasam.
- Heat coconut oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds.
- Once it splutters, add onions, green chili and saute it for 2 mins.
- Add cooked kollu toss it well.
- Add turmeric powder, chili powder, salt. Toss well for 1 min.
- Add curry leaves and coriander leaves, closed the lid and switch off the flame.
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| Pressure cooked kollu |
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| Heat coconut oil |
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| Saute onion and chili |
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| Add cooked kollu |
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| Add turmeric powder and chili powder |
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| Add curry leaves |
this dish looks so delicious
ReplyDeleteWell this is a unique recipe full of ingredients I have NEVER heard of before! Thank you for expanding my horizons!
ReplyDeleteI've read that horse gram has some good nutrients in it as well although it does have an acquired taste. What do you think about the flavor of horse gram for those who haven't tried it before?
ReplyDeleteHorse gram is just have lentils taste. If you like lentils, you like this too.
DeleteI've never heard of this before! It does look delicious though. Maybe one day I'll get to try it.
ReplyDeleteSure.
Deletethis looks really delicious. the kollu looks beautiful as do the sauteed onions. thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't very familiar with kollu. This sounds like a delicious and nutritious recipe; I'll have to see if I can find the ingredients.
ReplyDeleteIs the dish a delicacy of South India. I heard it new though I am aware of horsegram. Looks cool, simple and delicious.
ReplyDeleteYes this is one of the lentils from south india.
DeleteI like learning new recipes from different cultures and this Kollu Sundal recipe looks really good. I hope I can find all the ingredients I need to make it.
ReplyDeletethis looks so good. my family would love this. i def have to check this out and try and make it.
ReplyDeleteI love foods with looooooooots of onions! This is heaven for me. :) Thank you so much for sharing this one!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds quite an interesting dish and I wonderful what it taste like.
ReplyDeleteI have the ingredients, now that its lockdown I will try it out.
ReplyDeleteinteresting recipe although i have never heard of kollu before and would have a clue where to buy it
ReplyDeleteThis looks so delicious. I am a big fan of Sundal of any sorts :). Must try this out sometime. Is that a terracotta vessel you are using? Does stuff taste better?
ReplyDeleteI used red soil clay pot here and it tastes good when you cook using this.
DeleteThis looks like a very interesting recipe. I can try making it during the lockdown phase. Thank you for sharing it
ReplyDeleteYou welcome.
DeleteYUM! This looks delicious! I have been enjoying cooking while in quarantine.Thanks for the recipe!
ReplyDeleteThis looks so good!!! I love trying new recipes, and I will have to make this for my family.
ReplyDeleteThis looks so lush, might just have to give this a go
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