Peanut Sundal | Verkadalai Sundal

Name: Peanut Sundal | Verkadalai Sundal
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 510 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Raw Peanuts (1 cup - 250 ml ); 1 nos Red Chili; 1 tsp Salt ((adjust to your taste)); 2 tsp Grated Coconut; 2 tsp Sundal Powder; 1 tsp Oil; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; few Curry leaves

Posted on Sep 19th, 2017

by Sowmya Venkatachalam

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Peanut Sundal is made using boiled peanuts and seasoned with spices and grated coconut. This is one of the common sundal made during Navarathri for gods offering.

Cook Time 30 minutes

Soaking Time 8 hours

Total Time 8 hours 30 minutes

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Peanut Sundal is one of the common sundal made during Navarthri. The boiled peanuts are softer, crunchy, healthy and delicious. The boiled peanuts are further seasoned with red chili, grated coconut, curry leaves and sundal powder giving it an amazing aroma and flavor. Peanut sundal is the tastiest among all the sundal varieties. It can also be served as a tea time snack.

For tea time snack, we prepare Peanut Sundal with an addition of onion, carrot gratings, coriander leaves and a little lime juice. But for Navarathri, we make it simple with just an addition of Sundal Powder

SEE ALSO : Peanut Sundal for Tea Time Snack

Sundals are often prepared for the gods offering and during festivals in Tamil Nadu. Peanut Sundal is one of the popular sundals that we make for most of the festivals. It’s a delicious recipe that will be prepared by all devotees on the auspicious occasion of Navarathri. We invite relatives, friends, neighbors to our homes for Golu and distribute prasadham, gifts, etc. Sundals are popular during Navarathri as these are offered as prasadhams to the guests visiting our home.

SEE ALSO : 12+ Sundal Recipes for Navarathri

Recipe Card to make Peanut Sundal:

Method:

PREPARATION

Soak the peanut/verkadalai in water for atleast 3 hours. I usually soak overnight. It depends on the quality of peanuts. Most of the peanuts need more hours of soaking. If you forget to soak overnight, then boil the water and add boiling water to soak the peanuts before 3 hours

COOKING THE PEANUT

Rinse the peanut and pressure cook it along with salt. Allow for 3 whistles

LET’S START MAKING THE SUNDAL

In a pan, heat the oil and when the oil is hot add mustard seeds add curry leaves
When the mustard seeds begins to sputter add the broken chilli and fry for a second
Now add the cooked peanut/verkadalai and mix it well.
Add sundal powder and grated coconut and mix well
The delicious Peanut sundal/Verkadalai Sundal is ready for neivedhyam on Navrathri festival as well as for a healthy evening snack

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