CHANNA MANDI
An aromatic side dish for appams and dosais
Ingredients:
Chick pea (channa) ½ cup
Capsicum 1
Mango ginger 50 gms
Tamarind Lime size ball
Shallots 10
Garlic 8
Green chillies 6
Chili powder ½ tsp
Rice flour 2tsp
Salt to taste
Oil 4tbsp
Seasoning:
Mustard 1tsp
Fenugreek 1tsp
Red chillies 3
Asafoetida ½ tsp
Method:
- Soak channa in water for about six hours.Pressure cook by adding salt.
- Peel and cut the shallots, garlic, green chillies and mango ginger.
- Extract pulp from tamarind by adding 1- 1/2 cup water.
- Heat oil and add the seasoning ingredients.
- Now add the onions, garlic and green chillies and sauté for five minutes.
- Add capsicum,mango ginger, chili powder and salt. Sauté for another five minutes.
- Now add tamarind pulp and boil for five minutes.
- Finally add rice flour mixed with 3tbsp. of water.Boil for three minutes.
- Bring down and serve hot.