Sundal podi
a lentil sprinkle to shake up the boring cooked beans
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp Split bengal gram
- 3 tsp Black gram dal Whole , with the skin
- 11/2 tbsp coriander seeds
- 12 long dry red chillies
- salt to taste
tempering
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Urad Dal
- 1 sprig curry leaves
Instructions
- Set a heavy bottomed wok on the stove to heat to a medium heat.
- Add the mustard seeds, urad dal and curry leaves and dry roast on a low flame.
- When the mustard seeds splutter and the urad dal turns golden remove and set aside.
- Now add the bengal gram and urad dal till golden, remove it to a plate to cool.
- Now add the red chillies and roast till smoky and crisp. remove and set aside on the plate with the dals
- Next add the coriander seeds and slow roast till smoky. This is very quick, so be watchful. remove and set aside to cool with the dals.
- Add the roasted ingredients into a blender. Keep the tempering ingredients aside
- Blend into a fine powder.
- Add the tempering into the powder and mix it well. Store in airtight containers.
- To use sprinkle a tbsp of the powder for every cup of cooked beans.
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