Brown Chickpeas Sundal/Brown Kondakadalai Sundal

This brown chickpeas sundal is a quick snack or can be taken for breakfast too. It is very healthy. It helps in building bone strength and maintains blood pressure. We have to soak it overnight before boiling it. The taste will be very nice after cooking and it is a very healthy dish too. Bachelors who are busy in their work can have it for their breakfast as it takes less cooking time and it has a lot of energy. It can also be taken as a tea time snack.

Preparation Time :15minutes

Cooking Time :30minutes+10minutes

Ingredients:

• Brown chickpeas(dried)/Brown kondakadalai -1/4kg
• Big Onion -2
• Red chilli -2
• Curry leaves -A spring
• Coconut -2pieces
• Green chilli -1
• Fennel seeds powder/Sombu powder/Perunjeerakam podi -2tsp
• Mustard seeds/Kadugu -1tsp
• Urad dal/Ulutham parupu -1/2tsp
• Cumin seeds/Seerakam -1/4tsp
• Salt -2tsp or as required
• Water- As required to boil chickpeas

For grinding:

• Coconut -2pieces
• Green chilli -1
• Fennel seeds powder/Sombu powder/Perunjeerakam podi -2tsp

Grind everything coarsely. Don't add water while grinding.

Preparation:

• Soak chickpeas with some water overnight
• Chop onion into small pieces
• Grind everything given under "For grinding" coarsely without adding water

Procedure:

• Soak brown chickpeas with water in a bowl overnight
• At morning, drain the water and pressure cook it by adding water in high flame for 3whistles and in low flame for 20minutes
• After the pressure goes by itself open the cooker and drain excess water and take chickpeas and keep
• Grind coconut, green chilly and fennel seeds powder coarsely without adding water
• Pour oil in a pan
• Add mustard seeds and after it crackles ade urad dal, red chilli, cumin seeds and fry
• Then add onion and curry leaves and fry till onion becomes golden brown in color
• Then add the boiled chickpeas and fry and switch off the flame
• Add the grind-ed mixture and mix well
• Brown Chickpeas Sundal is now ready!!!

Step by Step Procedure:

Soak brown chickpeas with water in a bowl overnight

At morning, drain the water and pressure cook it by adding water in high flame for 3whistles and in low flame for 20minutes

Grind coconut, green chilly and fennel seeds powder coarsely without adding water

Pour oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and after it crackles ade urad dal, red chilli, cumin seeds and fry. Then add onion and curry leaves and fry till onion becomes golden brown in color

Then add the boiled chickpeas and fry and switch off the flame

Add the grinded mixture and mix well

Brown Chickpeas Sundal is now ready!!!