Pancha Dhanya sunDal (five pulses)

Submitted by anirudh on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 23:33
Got mom to prepare sunDal/ Usali for the last day pooja. Ingredients: Black/brown Chick Peas(channa/ kaDale kaaLu) - 1 cup (Can be replaced with Kabul channa too) Green Gram (moong/ hesaru kaaLu) - 1 cup Green Peas (mutter/ bataaNi kaaLu) - 1 cup Black eyed peas (Alasande kaaLu) Groudnuts - 1 cup Water 9-10 cups Salt - 1.5 table spoon/ as per taste. Seasoning: Oil - 3-4 tea-spoons/ as needed Mustard Seeds 1 tea-spoon A pinch of Asafoetida (Hing) Green Chillies - 2-3/ as per taste chopped Curry leaves - 2-3 stalks Garnishing: Coriander Leaves chopped - 2 table-spoons/as needed Grated fresh coconut - 1 Cup Grated Carrot - 1 Cup Lemon juice - 2 table spoons/ as per taste Grated Raw Mango as per taste (seasonal as we get only during Feb/March) :) American sweet corn - 1/2 Cup/ as per taste This should serve for 5 people, but depends on the size of the measuring cup :). Method: Wash the pulses throughly and then soak all the pulses except ground nuts in water for 3-4 hours. Now need to cook all the pulses with ground nuts in a cooker. Switch on the stove. Place the cooker, put all the pulses into cooker, add water (should be 2inches above the pulses - i am sure all of you aware of this measure) add salt as per taste. Cook until you hear one whistle. After the cooker cools, remove the pulses and drain the water (btw do not throw the water, you can use this make some soup :) ). Now add the seasoning, take a thick bottom vessel or a pan, pour oil, once it gets hot add mustard seeds, wait for to it to crackle, then add hing, you start to smell the aroma, now add curry leaves, green chillies, reduce the flame/ put to sim. Now add the cooked pulses and mix well. The last step is to garnish, add coriander leaves, coconut, carrot, corn and mix well. Switch off the stove, add lemon juice, mix well and serve. I have not put grated mango as its seasonal and also it was not added in yesterday's preparation :). Normally this gets added after the chilles and cook 1 or 2-mins till it becomes little tender. My sister wanted to make Corn-Pomegranate kosambari (salad), hence had got them. This gave us the thought of adding Corn & Carrots to give a twist to mom's recipe. We all enjoyed this making and eating. Give it a try.... & enjoy maaDi ;-) :) :)
umaraja
rich and yummy,,, v.v.v.innovative,,, would like to give an immediate try,,, al d best
Fri, 11/02/2012 - 03:17 Permalink
vijaysowmya
A very nice nutritional sundal recipe. Well written one. Your sundal looks like a kolam design. Will try and let you know the outcome. All the very best. :)
Fri, 11/02/2012 - 03:30 Permalink
anirudh

In reply to by vijaysowmya

thanks sowmya ma'm ... tried best to get the kolam design, but border got distrubed by the time i got to click it :)
Tue, 11/06/2012 - 10:12 Permalink
Suguna Murugesan
yeah tempting me to try this sundal :p all the best 8)
Fri, 11/02/2012 - 22:30 Permalink
lakshmiraghu
Nutritional sundal recipe... different one..looks yummy...lovely description..parcel please... :p :D all the best Anirudh..
Sat, 11/03/2012 - 01:42 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Wow...very well presented and described...all d best anirudh :)
Sat, 11/03/2012 - 04:19 Permalink
rajamma_2
Anirudh, I appreciate the enthu with which you have presented your dear mother's Pancha Dhanya Sundal! Both the recipe, the method of preparation and the visual of the final product served are well presented. No doubt, all are going to try this in their kitchen! ;)
Sat, 11/03/2012 - 09:33 Permalink
anirudh

In reply to by rajamma_2

thanks soo much rajammaji ... this time myself & sister did some aLilu seve to get this done and learned quite good tips on cooking :). Surely waiting for all our friends to come back with their preparations ...thanks again
Tue, 11/06/2012 - 10:21 Permalink
Pragaya
nicely written and presented recipe. Looks healthy. Centre corn design looks nice. Nice name for the sundal. All the best to you. :)
Mon, 11/05/2012 - 02:11 Permalink
subashini
very beautiful presentation anirudh.and has nutritional value too.Thanks for sharing.All the best. :)
Mon, 11/05/2012 - 21:46 Permalink
dibbutn
Anirudh this is not fair at all :(( ... the way you have explained the recipe and the colorful looking sundal is tempting me to no end... parcel please :p Excellent description and mouthwatering visuals. All the best
Tue, 11/06/2012 - 00:55 Permalink
anirudh

In reply to by dibbutn

thanks Pushpa... yes we missed you, since i knew you were in Kolkota, i did not parcel it :bigsmile: ... otherwise would have got you a box of sunDal personally :)
Tue, 11/06/2012 - 10:27 Permalink
aarchi
Hi Congrats. Very tasty recipe Anirudh. I am going to try this . thank you
Wed, 11/07/2012 - 17:30 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Congrats Anirudh...now its time for you to send a biiiiiiiig parcel to chennai for all of us...chennai-ikolamites :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :p
Wed, 11/07/2012 - 17:53 Permalink
dibbutn
Congrats Anirudh... Chennai is too far ;) ... i am in bangalore only, you can directly give me the parcel :p J)
Wed, 11/07/2012 - 19:25 Permalink
rajamma_2
Congrats Anirudh! Pass on our wishes to your Mum also. It is great for a male member winning the Sundal making contest . We are proud of you Anirudh! :)
Wed, 11/07/2012 - 20:01 Permalink
nithyaashok
Congrats Anirudh! Pass my wishes to your mom and sister. :) :party:
Wed, 11/07/2012 - 20:52 Permalink
vijaysowmya
Congratulations Anirudh for winning the contest!!! A special thanks to your mom for giving this recipe!! Congrats to both your mom and sister. :party: :)
Wed, 11/07/2012 - 22:11 Permalink
Janakannan
Congrats Anirudh!! Looks delicious!! I am going to give it a try!! Thanks for sharing this recipe!!
Thu, 11/08/2012 - 03:25 Permalink
anirudh
Thanks soo much friends, all the credit goes to my mother....just shared this news with her & conveyed all your wishes...she is very happy too....thank you...thank you...thank you :) lata, thanks a lot for making the site more livelier and getting all of us together, we owe you a lot, thanks again.
Thu, 11/08/2012 - 21:14 Permalink
viji_j86
Congrats first. See, i am the follower of i.kolam long years. I really wounder the way the friends using their skills in doing pretty, colourful, imaginatery kolams. Now here my chance to wounder about sundal contast....... I missed a lot. wow pretty sundal. (how about taste?) viji
Tue, 11/13/2012 - 21:59 Permalink
ananthiraju
Congrats.My thanks to u and ur mom for the recipe.
Sat, 11/17/2012 - 01:24 Permalink