September 29, 2014

KARAMANI SUNDAL RECIPE WITHOUT SOAKING - THATTA PAYARU SUNDAL

Generally sundal varieties with lobia / karamani / Black eyed peas/ thatta payaru, green gram/pacha payaru and lima beans/mochakottai can be prepared without soaking. We can make sundal instantly by roasting them. Roasting gives a nice flavour to these legumes and makes the sundal tastes yummy too.

I won't say it cooks super soft at the same time it won't be hard to chew. Last year I shared Instant white karamani sweet sundal with jaggery using the same method. Here you go, spicy instant karamani sundal for this year Navaratri. Lets see how to make this easy navratri sundal recipe today ! Do try this easy,instant sundal and offer for today's neivedyam.

Instant Karamani sundal recipe

Instant karamani sundal / thatta payaru sundal for Navarathri naivedyam

Cuisine: Indian

Category: side dish

Serves: 4

Prep time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml

Karamani/Lobia/Black eyes peas/thatta payaru - 1/2 cup( white or brown)
Grated coconut- 1/4 cup or 3 tbsp
Water and salt-As needed

To temper

Cooking oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
Urad dal-1/2 tsp
Red chillies - 2 nos
Curry leaves-few
Lemon juice - few drops
Coriander leaves-few
Hing - 2 big pinches

METHOD

In a pressure cooker base,heat a tsp of oil and roast the karamani till it crackles. Keep the flame medium. The color turns dark and skin cracks with a noise. Press the grains well using the back of ladle. Add the required water & a pinch of cooking soda(optional to cook soft, but I dint add) and pressure cook in low flame for 3 whistles.

After the steam is released, open the cooker and keep aside. Do not drain the excess water. Heat oil in a kadai and temper as said above.

Add the cooked karamani along with water. Let it boil for sometime. Leave little water behind( say 1 tbsp) and add the grated coconut. Mix well till water drains. Switch off the flame and drizzle lemon juice as needed ! Garnish with coriander leaves.

Offer God n Enjoy !

Note

U can replace brown karamani with white ones.
If u want to make very soft sundal,soak karamani for 2-3 hours after roasting and before pressure cooking.

Make this healthy karamani sundal instantly and offer God !

September 27, 2014

SAMAI SAKKARAI PONGAL/LITTLE MILLET SWEET PONGAL RECIPE

I am in the phase of trying varieties of millet recipes now.I have tried thinai idli,mixed millet sathu maavu,millet ladoo so far & shared the same here.Varagu,samai & kuthiravali recipes are in my try list for long time.To start with,i tried this samai sweet pongal recipe / Samai sakkarai pongal. Today being Navratri friday,i made this samai sakkarai pongal for my vilakku pooja.It tasted yummy.U can follow the same recipe & prepare varagu arisi pongal too.Soon i will share ven pongal recipe using varagu & samai here.To check out the health benefits of millet,their availability in Bangalore and for more informations with pictures,please click this link.

Samai sakkarai pongal recipe

Sweet pongal recipe using little millet

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Sweet

Serves: Serves 4

Prep time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 240ml

Little millet/Samai - 1/2 cup
Yellow moong dal - 2 tbsp
Grated jaggery – 3/4 cup
Ghee - 2-3 tbsp
Water - 2.5 cups
Cardamom - 2 nos
Cloves - 2 nos
Edible camphor - a pinch

METHOD

Wash the samai,drain n set aside.Heat n melt jaggery adding little water to cover it.After the jaggery is melted,strain the syrup and take it in a bowl.

In a pressure cooker base,heat a tsp of ghee and roast the moong dal for a minute till u get a nice smell.Add 2.5 cups of water and the washed samai to it.Add a pinch of salt and pressure cook in low flame for one whistle.After the steam is released,open the cooker and add the jaggery syrup.Mix well and let it boil for a minute in low flame.Add 2 tsp of ghee at this stage to avoid burnt bottom.When the pongal starts to leave the sides of cooker,switch off the flame.In another pan,heat the remaining ghee and roast the nuts,cloves and add to pongal.

Add a pinch of edible camphor and mix well ,serve !

Enjoy !

Note

U can replace samai with varagu too.But adjust water accordingly.
No need to roast samai.U can also do it along with moong dal if necessary.

Make this healthy samai sweet pongal and offer God !

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September 25, 2014

Navratri Recipes - South Indian Navratri Sweets & Sundal Varieties

Navratri 2023 starts on October 15th and ends on 24th October. Here is the collection of South Indian Navarathri prasadam recipes/Golu special recipes like Sweets, sundal and navratri snacks from my blog. Click on the pictures to see the recipe. Hope you find it useful. I am yet to add more sundal varieties and fasting recipes from this week. I will update this page as & when I add it. Thanks for visiting this page. Have a great Navratri celebration !