Masala Sundal Recipe | Black Chickpea Sundal

Name: Masala Sundal Recipe | Black Chickpea Sundal
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 510 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Black Chickpeas (Kala Chana); 2 small Onion ( or 1 Big, Finely Chopped); 2 finely Tomato ( Chopped); ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder; 1 tsp Coriander Powder; 1 tsp Red Chili Powder; 1 tsp Salt (To taste); 2 tbsp Coriander Leaves (chopped, for Garnishing); 1 nos Green Chilli; 3 cloves Garlic; 1 inch Ginger; 2 tbsp Oil; 1 tsp Mustard Seeds; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds; 1 tsp Fennel Seeds; 1 tsp Split Urad Dal; 1 inch stick Cinnamon (Pattai) (1" Stick); 3 nos Cloves (Krambu / Lavang); 1 sprig Curry Leaves; 1 broken Red Chili

A Healthy & Nutritional Sundal

Posted on May 3rd, 2021

by Sowmya Venkatachalam

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5 from 3 votes

A Healthy & Nutritional Sundal made using Black Chickpea and fresh masalas. This can be served as a Chaat or as a starter.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Soaking Time 8 hours

Total Time 8 hours 30 minutes

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Masala Sundal, a healthy and tasty Sundal made using Black chickpeas along with onions, tomatoes and Indian spices. We can serve this as a chaat or as a starter. This is unlike our conventional sundal we make for festivals where we don’t add onion or strong masalas. As we are making this recipe for chat, we add onion, tomato and garam masalas. This is nutritious, protein rich and tasty. Addition of spices and masala makes this chat very appetizing and tasty.

If you like this Masala Sundal then you can also try other Chaat Recipes

Black Chickpeas Sundal : Kondakadalai Sundal is a nutritious snack made using Kala Chana (black chana). It’s sold as a snack in public places like beaches. It’s also made for most of the festivals in Tamil Nadu as an offering to god (Neivedhyam).
Street Side Style White Peas Masala Gravy : Beach Sundal, Beach Pattani (Peas) gravy is a popular road side snack. It’s usually served in a bowl mixed with broken Vada / Samos and topped up with finely chopped onion and sev.
Aloo Peas Masala Curry Recipe : Aloo Peas Masala is a delicious Chaat. Dry peas is soaked overnight and then cooked with potato, tamarind and Indian Spices! A very healthy and tasty evening Chaat. Very tempting and filling too.

Recipe card to make Masala Sundal

Steps to make Masala Sundal with step by step pictures

Wash and soak the Black Chickpeas overnight or at least for 8 hours

Drain water from Soaked Chickpeas and then take the chickpeas in a pressure cooker. Add water to soak the chickpeas along with salt and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles. The chickpeas should not be mushy but it should be soft inside

Take green chili, garlic and ginger and crush them coarsely in a mortar and pestle. Set this Crushed spice aside

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard, cumin and fennel seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add the split urad dal and fry till dal turns light brown. Then add cinnamon, clove, red chili and curry leaves and fry for few seconds

After Tempering, add onions and sauté the onions till translucent. Then add tomatoes along with salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder and red chili powder and mix well. Cook till tomatoes are mushy

Add Crushed Green Chili+Garlic+Ginger and give a good mix. Then add the cooked chickpeas and mix well. Cover & cook everything in low flame for about 5 mins and then switch off the flame. Finally garnish with coriander leaves.