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Chettinad sundal kuzhambu

kondakadalai kuzhambu
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Ingredients

To soak

  • 1/4 cup chickpeas | kondakadalai
  • water

Pressure cook chickpeas

  • 1 +1/2 cup water
  • required salt

To grind

  • 3 tablespoon coconut
  • 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 6 red chilli
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • Cinnamon
  • salt
  • pinch of turmeric powder
  • 1 big tomato
  • 4 small onion
  • 3 garlic
  • water

Kuzhambu

  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
  • 1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • Curry leaves
  • 8 small onion
  • 1/2 cup thin tamarind extract

Instructions

  • First soak chickpeas overnight
  • Add soaked Chana, water and salt;pressure cook for 6 whistles and simmer for 2 minutes
  • Add oil and roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds, pepper and red chilli
  • Furthermore add onion, garlic and tomato; saute till tomatoes turn slightly mushy
  • Add salt, turmeric powder and coconut; mix well and cool
  • Grind into a coarse mixture
  • Add water and grind into a fine puree
  • Add oil to a 2-liter pressure cooker and turn on the stove to medium flame
  • Furthermore, add mustard seeds and fennel seeds;let them splutter
  • Add curry leaves and mix well
  • Furthermore, add onion and; saute till onion turns translucent
  • Add ground mixture; saute for a minute
  • Furthermore, add cooked chickpea, water, tamarind water; brinjal, salt and chilli powder; mix well and boil
  • Pressure cook for 3 whistles; do natural pressure release
  • Boil for 2 minutes and turn off

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