Bachelor Cooking # 26 - Channa Sundal

Channa/ Chickpeas Sundal Recipe

Ingredients needed
Chick peas /channa -1 cup
Coconut - grated 1/4 cup

For the seasoning
Mustard - 1 tsp
Urad dal -1 1/2 tsp
Red chillies -2 broken into pieces
Hing/ asafoetida - 2 pinches
Curry leaves -little
Oil -2 tsp

Preparation  

Soak chickpeas in water overnight. Rinse well and pressure cook with required salt till soft.The channa/chickpeas should be soft but not mushy. Drain the excess water and keep aside.

Method

• Heat oil in a pan/kadai, add mustard seeds when it splutters, add urad dal, red chillies, hing and curry leaves. Fry till urad dal turns golden brown.
• Then add cooked channa, salt and grated coconut and give it a nice stir.
• (add less salt as we have already added to the chick peas/channa while cooking)
• Channa sundal is ready 
• This is a healthy and a nutritious snack 

Cheers!