Sunday 21 October 2018

Verkadalai Sundal /Nilakadalai Sundal/Peanut sundal

Navarathri is one of the important festival celebrated almost all over India. Though people celebrate this festival in different ways, main concept is to worship Goddess Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswathi. My mom used to keep Kolu and invite people everyday. Girl children dress up well and used to celebrate this festival for all 9 days. Everyday different variety of food is prepared and offered to God. All nine days, they make different prasadam such as Sundal, sakarai pongal, pulihora , etc... Today lets see one Sundal "Verkadali Sundal", more healthy and very easy to make. This sundal got published in Sakthi Vikatan october 2018.



Ingredients:

Raw peanuts - 1/2 cup (Soaked for 8 hours)
Dry red chilli - 3 nos
Salt - to taste
Curry leaf - 1 prig
Gingelly oil - 2 teaspoon
Water - to boil peanuts (~ 2 cups)
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Hing - 1/4 teaspoon
Chilli powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Grated coconut - 2 tablespoon

Preparation Method:

1. Wash and soak raw peanuts over night for 8 hours.
2. Pressure cook soaked peanuts with water and little salt approximately for 5-6 whistles.
3. Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds, when it splutter add red chilli, hing, curry leaves and chilli powder. Ensure flame is low when chilli powder is added, else it get burnt. Now add cooked peanuts and needed salt. Mix well on medium-low flame.
4. Finally add grated coconut and just mix twice or thrice and switch off the flame.

Yummy tasty and healthy peanut sundal is ready to be served.

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