Chickpeas sundal/ Kondaikadalai 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 "Chickpeas Sundal", more healthy and very easy to make. This sundal got published in Sakthi Vikatan october 2018.

Sundal is enrich of high protein and can be given on daily or alternative basis to children and elderly people.

Ingredients for Sundal:

Chickpeas - 1/2 cup (Soaked for 8 hours)
Sundal powder - 2 tablespoon
Dry red chilli - 1 no
Salt - to taste
Curry leaf - 1 prig
Gingelly oil - 2 teaspoon
Water - to boil chickpeas(~ 2 cups)
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Urad dal - 1/2 teaspoon (split)
Hing - 1/4 teaspoon
Grated coconut - 2 tablespoon

Ingredients for Sundal powder:

Corriander seeds - 2 tablespoon
Dry red chilli - 5 nos
Channa dal - 2 tablespoon

Preparation Method:
1. Dry roast all the ingredients given for making Sundal powder and grind it to coarse powder.
2. Wash and soak chickpeas/channa over night for 8 hours.
3. Pressure cook soaked channa with water and little salt approximately for 8-10 whistles.
4. Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds, when it splutter add urad dal,red chilli, hing, curry leaves and cooked channa.Now sprinkle sundal powder and needed salt. Mix well on medium-low flame.
5. Finally add grated coconut and just mix twice or thrice and switch off the flame.