Masala Peanut Chaat / Peanut Chat

 

Masala Peanut Chaat is a healthy and delicious snacks items prepared with boiled peanuts and fresh vegetables... It is rich in protein and a guilt free tea time snacks... Adults and kids also like to love this snacks, especially in winter season... I tasted this masala peanut first in Kodaikanal at a plate called coakers walk, I love dit at the first time... 

Kodaikanal - Cockers Walk

After that I had no chance to taste it in any other restaurants.. So now here winter with little rain and cold weather season, so plan to give it a try and had with a cup of Chai / Ginger Tea.. it comes out very good and enjoyed it.. 

So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know it's turns from you...

Preparation Time : 3 hrs

Cooking Time : 15 mins

Serve - 3 to 4

Recipe Cuisine - Indian

Recipe Category - Snacks 

INGREDIENTS :

Peanut / Kadalai - 1 cup (soaked and boiled)

Onion - 1 (chopped finely)

Tomato - 1 (chopped finely)

Raw mango - 2 tbspn (chopped finely)

Chilli powder - 1/2 tspn

Cumin powder - 1/2 tspn

Amchoor powder - 1/4 tspn

Chaat masala - 1/2 tspn

Lemon juice - 1 tspn

Black salt - a pinch

Salt - as needed

Coriander leaves - few (chopped)

METHOD :

• Soak the peanut for 3 hours and cook in pressure cooker for 3 whistle.. (till tender)
• Drain it and prepare all the ingredients ready..
• Mix everything Up and serve immediately..
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

Prepare all your ingredients

Take all the spices powder and salt

In a mixing Bowl add in all veggies

Then your spices powder and salt

Add in cooked peanut

Add in fresh coriander leaves

Some black salt

Add in lemon juice

 Now it's time to mix

 Mix well, till they combained

 Now it's done 

 Serve immeadiately

Yummy...

Enjoy...

Verkadalai Sundal / Peanut Sundal

Navratri is considered to be very special day, to me because I celebrated my Birthday on Saraswathi Pooja every year.. Saraswathi pooja (goddess of learning) is also called as Shree Panjami.. Navartri means first thing is kolu and sundal thats come to our mind.. 

Today we learnt to make a simple sundal recipe that is Verkadalai sundal / Peanut sundal recipe, serve as a neivethiyam for goddess saraswathi... Sundal are simple to make and healthy snacks for kids.. So I hope that you must try thie recipe and let me know it's turns out from you...

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Soaking Time : 3 hours

Cooking Time : 20 mins

Recipe Cuisine - Indian

Recipe Category - Snacks

INGREDIENTS :

Peanut / Verkadalai - 1 cup

Coconut - 1/8 cup

Salt - as needed

TO TEMPER :

Oil - 1 tspn

Mustrad seeds - 1/2 tspn

Urad dal - 1/2 tspn

Dry chilli - 3 (broken)

Curry leaves - few

Asafoetida - a pinch

METHOD :

• Soak peanut for 3 hours in a bowl..
• Drain it and perssure cook it for 3 to 4 whistle with some water and salt..
• Drain it and keep aside..
• Heat a pan with oil and add temper with the ingredients given in " TO TEMPER"..
• Then add in cooked peanut and give it a stir...
• Now add in fresh coconut and mix well.
• Transfer them to a bowl..
• Serve hot and enjoy...

PICTORIAL :

Take your peanut in a bowl

Soak peanut in a bowl for 3 hours

It have been double in size

Add peanut to a cooker with water and salt

Pressure cook it for 3 to 4 whistle

When it completely done, drain it

Now check the peanut wheather it mash up

Take all your ingredients

Heat a pan with oil

Add in mustard and urad dal

Allow to sizzle

Add in dry chilli and curry leaves

Add a pinch of asafoetida

Mix it up

Remove it from the heat and add in peanut

Add in fresh grated coconut

Mix it well

Serve hot

Enjoy...

Channa Dal Sundal / Kadalai Paruppu

Mom makes Channa dal sundal / Kadalai paruppu sundal every time once in navratri days for kolu.. This is such a simple yet packed full with flavours.. I always loved the aroma that the house is filled when mom tempers for sundal.. Dry chilli, asafoetida and curry leaves combaines to give a great aroma that takes you out of the world...

I love that combination.. That mom use gingelly oil for tempering, so that i also prefer the same thing in this recipe.. Carefully cooked the dal, it gets over cooked and completely mushy..If it comes perfect the taste is awesome... So try this recipe and let me know how it's turns out from you...

Preparation time : 10 mins

Soaking time : 1/2 hour

Cooking time : 5 to 8 mins

Serve - 4

Recipe category : snacks

INGREDIENTS :

Channa dal / Kadalai Paruppu - 1 cup

Salt - as needed

Water - 3 cups

FOR SEASONING :

Gingelly oil - 1 tspn

Mustard seeds - 1 tspn

Urad dal - 1 tspn

Dry chilli - 2 broken into small pieces

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Asafoetida - 1 pinch

Coconut - 1/2 cup (grated)

METHOD :

• Wash and soak dal for 1/2 hours, drain them..
• In a pressure cooker add in soaked dal, salt and water and whistled it for 2..
• Allow to subside the pressure itself..
• Now drain this and set aside..
• Heat oil in a pan, add in mustard, urad dal, chilli, curry leaves and asafoetida and sizzle for a min..
• Now add in dal and mix well.. Season with some salt if needed..
• Carefully add salt because we already add salt while boiling dal..
• Add in coconut and mix well.
• Serve hot..
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

 Take channa dal 

 Soak it for 1/2 hour

 Now drain them and add it to the cooker

 Add some water

 Add in salt

Pressure cook for 2 whistle

 Now it's done

 Drain the dal in strainer

 Add gingelly oil in a pan

 Add in mustard and urad dal

 Add in chillies and curry leaves

Toss well

 Add a pinch of asafoetida

 Add in cooked dal

 Some fresh coconut

Mix well..

 Serve hot

Enjoy..