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Masala Sundal
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Masala Sundal Recipe | Black Chickpea Sundal

A Healthy & Nutritional Sundal made using Black Chickpea and fresh masalas. This can be served as a Chaat or as a starter.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Soaking Time8 hours
Total Time8 hours 30 minutes
Course: Chaat, Snacks, Sundal / Salad
Cuisine: Indian, Tamilnadu
Servings: 5 people
Calories: 160kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Equipment

  • Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Black Chickpeas (Kala Chana)
  • 2 small Onion or 1 Big, Finely Chopped
  • 2 finely Tomato Chopped
  • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Red Chili Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Salt To taste
  • 2 tablespoon Coriander Leaves chopped, for Garnishing

Spices

  • 1 nos Green Chilli
  • 3 cloves Garlic
  • 1 inch Ginger

For Tempering

  • 2 tablespoon Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Fennel Seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Split Urad Dal
  • 1 inch stick Cinnamon (Pattai) 1" Stick
  • 3 nos Cloves (Krambu / Lavang)
  • 1 sprig Curry Leaves
  • 1 broken Red Chili

Instructions

Soaking Chickpeas

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

Cooking Chickpeas

  • 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

Making fresh spice

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

Tempering Process

  • 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

Preparing Masala

  • 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.

Serving Time

  • Serve the delicious Masala Sundal and enjoy the healthy Salad

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Nutrition

Serving: 0.5Cup | Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 4g | Fiber: 6g