Kadalai Paruppu Sundal is a soft, tasty sundal made by boiling chana dal &tempering it with spices & coconut. Kadalai Paruppu Sundal also called as Chana Dal Sundal is a healthy evening tea time snack and commonly prepared during Navaratri. Kadalai Paruppu Sundal recipe is presented in this post with step by step pictures.
Kadalai Paruppu Sundal is one easy and quick sundal recipe to make for navaratri.I haven’t been to kollus I remember only once seeing it in person in my friends place. Otherwise to me, kollus are always visualised only in movies.
About Kadalai Paruppu Sundal
This Kadalai Paruppu Sundal does not require long soaking time like other sundal recipes. It requires just 1 hour soaking time and this sundal gets done in few mins just perfect for Navaratri. Sundal varieties are not only prepared for festivals , you can make it for mid morning or evening snack. Sundal is one of the wholesome protein rich healthy snack that you can serve for your family. So make sure to include it in your meal atleast twice a week. Do try this delicious sundal and enjoy!
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Kadala Paruppu Sundal | Chana Dal Sundal
Ingredients
- 1 cup chana dal
- 3 tablespoon coconut
- 1 teaspoon ginger grated
- salt to taste
To temper:
- 1.5 teaspoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon urad dal
- few nos curry leaves
- 2 nos red chillies
- a generous pinch hing
Instructions
- Soak channa dal in water for an hour.
- Then pressure cook chana dal with 1.5 cups for 1-2 whistles or until it turns soft but not mushy. Keep aside.
- In a pan heat oil, add mustard seeds, urad dhal allow it to crackle. Add hing, curry leaves and red chillies fry for a minute.
- Then add the cooked chana dal, scrapped ginger and required salt. Mix well until its combined. Add coconut, give a quick stir and switch off.
- Transfer to serving dish and serve Chana dal sundal hot!
Notes
- Pressure cooking will be ok too but take care not to make chana dal mushy.
- Adding ginger always helps to avoid gastric problems with most lentils especially with chana dal.
- You can replace red chillies with green chillies also.
Kadalai Paruppu Sundal
- Soak channa dal in water for an hour. Then pressure cook chana dal with 1.5 cups for 1-2 whistles or until it turns soft but not mushy. Keep aside.In a pan heat oil, add mustard seeds, urad dhal allow it to crackle. Add hing, curry leaves and red chillies fry for a minute.
- Then add the cooked chana dal, scrapped ginger and required salt. Mix well until its combined. Add coconut, give a quick stir and switch off.
Transfer to serving dish and serve hot!
Expert Tips
- Pressure cooking will be ok too but take care not to make channa dal mushy.
- Adding ginger always helps to avoid gastric problems with most lentils esp with chana dal.
- You can replace red chillies with green chillies also.
Premalatha Aravindhan
Delicious sundal,my fav too…ennaku oru thonai sundal kidaikuma?
Rajeni
Your clicks are perfect and they are inviting……
Neetz
this looks so nice..loved the clicks :). i have heard of this dihs but never tried.. urs says i need to soon 🙂
Priti
I like thonnais very much too …nice clicks …looks yum
Prathibha
nice n tasty sundal..
Rekha shoban
once i tried this sundal…yummy one!! dal looks very perfect!
Prathima Rao
Never knew we could make sundal from chana dal..!!! Just saw it in another blog too…This looks healthy & delish…Bookmarked 🙂
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Aruna Manikandan
looks perfect and healthy dear 🙂
Lavi
floating sundals! Looks Nice!
Kalpana Sareesh
Sharmi r u in Chennai .. if s u shd def make it to my house for Navrathri am busy with my golu preparations .. n this is the quick n easiest sundal n my fav too it helps me in case of sudden guests during odd times..love it..
Sharmilee! :)
@Kalpana: I wish I was there in Chennai now 🙂 Thanks for the invite, thats a lovely gesture!!
Chandrani
Very healthy and delicious sundal.
Tina
cute n lovely dish..beautiful clicks too….
Priya
One of my fav sundal, quick and easiest sundal…love it..
RAKS KITCHEN
Its not very easy to cook the channa dal perfectly always. Nice that you got it perfect!
Angie's Recipes
A very tasty dal creation!
Gayathri Kumar
My all time fav sundal..
An Open Book
looks amazing..although ive never really ahd..shall give it a go sometime
TheYummyMorsel
Looks very nice.
Laavanya
Oh yes.. Sundal season is starting soon! 🙂
Nice pics as always Sharmi.
Also, belated birthday wishes 🙂
jeyashrisuresh
during our child hood days among all the aunties in our street my mom is the onlly one makes this channa dal sundal perfectly.Even iwas thinking to post the recipe of moong dal sundal/channa dal sundal.
Yours are perfectly done and beautifully captured.
Radhika
Nice Presentation Sharmi.
divya
Just mouthwatering…looks so easy to prepare and delicious!
Rinku Naveen
Looks delicious! Am waiting to see all the yummy recipes this navarathri..Lovely clicks!
Sobha Shyam
simple and delicious sundal..nice clicks..
Suja
Healthy and yummy snack,lovely clicks
julie
Luscious sundal.. I always love this the most among sundal recipes..
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Shabitha Karthikeyan
We keep gollu at my Mom's place every year and this year my Mom is here with and me and she missed it.Your sundal made us feel nostalgic. Very nicely done !!
Shanavi
I love this kinda sundal and am lucky as Navrathri is very near, this one becomes frequent in my home n my neighbourhood..Lovely spread, esp with those authentic dhonnai…Fab
Chitra
Thonnai la paarkave super aa iruuku 🙂
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Hi Sharmee,this is my first time here in ur Yummy site of loads of recipes.
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Hi Sharmi,this is my first time here and Thanks for sharing this Kadalai Paruppu Sundal,Nice to know a fellow Food-site from Tamil Nadu.
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ooh I want one of those dhonais – looks SUPERB!!!!
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arthi
perfect and delicious..
Anonymous
Looks delicious:-)