NAVARATHRI DAY - 3
This is a very very nutritious Sundal, packed with high proteins. Peanuts are supposed to reduce heart diseases, lower cholesterol ....so, a handful of peanuts atleast thrice a week, keeps us healthy.
This is a very very nutritious Sundal, packed with high proteins. Peanuts are supposed to reduce heart diseases, lower cholesterol ....so, a handful of peanuts atleast thrice a week, keeps us healthy.
Ingredients
Peanuts - 1/2 cup, soaked overnight and pressure cooked
Salt to taste
To season
Cooking oil - 2 tsps
Hing powder - 1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Green chillies - 3
Red chillies - 2
Curry leaves
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian; Category: Festival delicacy/ snack
Prep time: 5 mts; Cooking time: 20 mts; (15 minutes to pressure cook peanuts, 5 mts to season)
Serves 4
Peanuts pressure cooked, salt added and mixed
All the seasoning ingredients mentioned above, with cooking oil in the pan
Cooked peanuts added, and sauteed on low flames, till the little bit water in it gets evaporated.
Sundal ready!!
Variations
* 1/2 tsp lemon juice can be added, which is purely optional.
*You can dry roast 3/4 tsp channa dhal, 3/4 tsp coriander seeds and 2 red chillies, coarsely powder them and add too. This gives an additional flavour to the sundal.
Nice sundal. Great way for us to add protein to our diet. Kalpana Anand
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