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Ganesh Chaturthi | Vinayakar Chaturthi 7th day Prasadam as Kollu Sundal. Sundal varieties are also offered as Prasadam/nivedyam for Navratri Festival Recipes.
“Prasadam” means an edible food that is first offered to a God /
deity and then distributed in his/her name to followers/others as good sign.
Lentils,
pulses and sprouts stir fry sabji’s /side dishes are called as
"Sundal" in Tamil language. If i try to translate Sundal in English,
i would like to put it in the category of Salad. Salad means ready-to-eat dish. Though
many salads use raw ingredients, some use cooked ingredients like sundal
varieties.
First day -> Fried Modak
Second day -> Vella Kozhakattai / Ukadiche Modak
Third Day -> Thill /Ellu Kozhakattai
Fourth Day -> Semiya Payasam / Vermicelli Kheer
Fifth Day -> Moong Dal Payasam/ Kheer
Sixth Day -> Aarsimav Ammini Kozhakattai or Pearl Modak
Seventh Day is - Kollu Sundal
Ingredients:
- Horse Gram / Kollu / kulathī - 1 Cup
- Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
- Salt to Taste
For Gravy:
- Green Chilies - 3 to 4 nos.
- Coconut grated - 1 tbsp
For Seasoning:
- 1 tsp Rai/Mustard Seeds
- 2 tsp Urad Dal / White Lentils (grown in Indian subcontinent- Available in
Indian Store)
- A pinch of asafoetida
- Curry Leaves - Few
- Oil
Time Required: 15 mins
Method:
1) Soak Horse gram/Kollu overnight.
2) Pressure cook the soaked kollu with 1/2 of cup of water for 2 whistles.
3) Blend the grated coconut and green chilies and keep it aside.
4) Heat oil, add mustard seeds, white lentils allow them to splutter. Add hing/ asafoetida & curry leaves and saute for 1 min.
5) Add boiled kollu, salt, turmeric and mix well and saute for 3 minutes.
6) Add blended coconut and green chili mixture and mix well.
7) Adjust the salt if any.
8) Serve with Curd Rice, rasam rice or even you can enjoy as snack dish.
Variation: You can add grated carrot, chaat masala (mixture of many Indian spices - available in Indian store) to bring completely another taste to the dish.
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Particularly for Krishna
Janmashtami,
Seedai is prepared in south India. This snack can be prepared in two versions.
One is Uppu Seedai and vella seedai. In Tamil the word Uppu means Salt and
vella means Jaggery . Both are very much tempting snacks.
Ingredients:
- Rice Flour - 1 cup
- Urud Dal /White Lentils - 2 tbsp(grown in Indian subcontinent- Available in
Indian Store)
- Sesame Seeds - 1 tbsp
- Grated Coconut - 2 tbsp
- Asafoetida / Hing - 2 tsp
- Salt to Taste
- Butter -2 tbsp
- Water for kneading
- Oil for frying
Directions:
Step 01) Sieve the rice flour and slightly roast the rice flour, when you start getting the aroma transfer in to bowl. Do not over roast it.
Step 02) In the same pan add urud dal add a drop of oil and slightly roast them and transfer it to plate and let it cool then grind it in to a fine powder
Step 03) One by one slightly roast the sesame seeds, grated coconut and lastly heat the butter. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl adding water tbsp by tbsp knead the dough. Don't use too much of water.
Step 04) Take a very little piece of dough and roll it using your palms in to a small round. If the balls are little big, like goose berry size the seedai will not get cooked inside. Just make them as olive size. Do not give much pressure while rolling
Step 05) In a pan heat oil, once it is hot enough roll the seedai as bunch wise using scoop/ colander and fry them nicely as golden color and transfer them to paper towel to drain the excess oil
Step 06) Let them cool then transfer it to air tight container. Enjoy this additive savory dish offering to lord Krishna to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami / Gokulashtami.
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The reason for the cutlets being healthy is because they are not deep fried and many vegetables are used raw. So eat healthy and stay fit!!! Also a great treat for children who don’t eat vegetables.
Ingredients:
>Vegetables
- 2 medium sized Potatoes – boiled and mashed
- 1 medium sized Onion – finely chopped
- ½ cup frozen or fresh Green Peas
- 1 medium sized Carrot - grated
- 1 medium sized Beetroot – grated
>Masala Powders
- 2 tsp coriander seeds powder / dhania
- 2 tsp cumin/jeera powder
- 1 tsp turmeric/haldi powder
- 1½ tsp red chili powder
- 2-3 tsp garam masala (many grounded Indian spices- Available in Indian store)
>Other required Ingredients
- 1 cup bread crumbs powder
- 2 tbsp Semolina/Coarse wheat flour/ sooji/rawa
- 2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Fresh Coriander leaves – finely chopped
- Salt to taste
- Oil
Time Required: 30 mins
Method:
- Take mashed potatoes in a large and deep bowl.
- Add rest of the vegetables, ginger-garlic paste, haldi, dhania powder, jeera powder, red chili powder, garam masala powder, lemon juice and mix up well.
- Then add coriander leaves and salt as per taste. Now make small balls out of the mixture.You can give any shape as you wish.
- Roll the balls into bread crumbs powder and sooji. Gently press the balls and place in a non-stick pan.
- Spread little oil and allow the cutlet to shallow fry.
- Flip the cutlet and repeat the same step.
- Shallow fry both the sides till they turn golden brown.
Serving: Drain on paper napkin to observe the oil if any and then serve hot with tomato sauce.
Variations: You can use any vegetables of your liking. Like French Beans, Cauliflower, Spinach, etc. Just boil the vegetables, allow them to cool and then follow the recipe.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups puffed rice (murmura)
- 1/2 cup chopped onions
- 1/2 cup chopped tomato
- 4 tbsp Sweet Chutney (made from Dates and Tamarind)
- 2 tbsp Green spicy Chutney (made from Mint and coriander leaves)
- 1 tsp black salt or chaat masala
- 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- salt to taste
For Garnishing
- 1/2 cup Sev or Farsan / (Indian Fried Snacks - available in Indian store)
- 10 Papadi (crushed) / (Indian Fried Snacks - available in Indian store)
- 1 tsp grated raw mango
- roasted peanuts
- finely chopped coriander Leaves
Time Required: 10 mins
Method:
- Take a large bowl add the puffed rice, then chopped onions tomatoes, lemon juice and chutneys.
- You can vary the sweet and spicy chutney as per your taste buds.
- Then add the crushed papadis, sev/farsan , raw mango, roasted peanuts and chopped coriander leaves, mix well.
- Serve immediately.
I always think what to have for evening snack something very healthy.... Dahi misal chaat hot & sour flavor/chatpata snack gave me the answer. In language of Marathi and Hindi "dahi" means curd and "misal" in marathi means mixture. Mixture of boiled pulses, onion, tomato, fried snacks and spices are mixed in curd to bring the hot and sour flavor. This snack is very healthy, crunchy delicious in mix of all tastes and fills your heart as well as stomach!
Ingredients:
1 cup - Boiled Pulses
1 cup - curd / Yogurt
1/4 cup - Chopped Tomato
1/4 cup - chopped Onion
Coriander leaves for Garnishing
>Masala Powders:
3 tsp - chaat masala (mixture of many Indian spices)
1 tsp - Red Chili Powder
1/4 tsp - turmeric powder
1/2 tsp - Salt
>For seasoning:
1 tsp - Mustard Seeds
1 tsp - udrud dal / White Lentils (grown in Indian subcontinent- Available in Indian Store)
3 tsp Oil for seasoning
>For Toppings:
Sev/ Bhujia ( Indian fried snacks - available in Indian Store)
Potato chips
Tortilla chips
(Any snacks which ever existing at home :)
Method:
1. Soak the pulses for about 3 hrs and then cook them in pressure cooker for 3 whistles. (If you forgot to soak the pulses 4 to 5 whistles
2. In a medium flame heat a pan add 1 tbsp of oil, add the seeds and allow them to crackle
3. Add all above mentioned masalas together in a seasoning oil and fry them for 1 min. ( This gives a nice color & taste to the chaat)
4. Add onion saute till turns in to golden brown
5. Add the tomatoes fry them for 1 min
6. Add the cooked pulses and 1 cup of water mix nicely & cook for 2 mins. And switch off the gas
7. Take a bowl add 2 scoops of pulses gravy, and layer them with some raw chopped onion and tomato, curd, and add any of the topping snacks and garnish with fresh coriander leaves
8. Serve this healthy, very filling, tasty guilt free snack at any time.
Recipe in Video format.
