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5 Chettinad Recipes For The Perfect Sunday Lunch

Traditional Chettinad dishes which are easily made at home.

 

CHANNA MANDI 

An aromatic side dish for appams and dosais

 Channa Mandi JFW

 

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:

  1. Soak channa in water for about six hours.Pressure cook by adding salt.
  2. Peel and cut the shallots, garlic, green chillies and mango ginger.
  3. Extract pulp from tamarind by adding 1- 1/2 cup water.
  4. Heat oil and add the seasoning ingredients.
  5. Now add the onions, garlic and green chillies and sauté for five minutes.
  6. Add capsicum,mango ginger, chili powder and salt. Sauté for another five minutes.
  7. Now add tamarind pulp and boil for five minutes.
  8. Finally add rice flour mixed with 3tbsp. of water.Boil for three minutes.
  9. Bring down and serve hot.

 

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