Black Chickpeas Sundal

Black Chickpeas Sundal

Black Chickpeas Sundal

kala chana sundal – a simple and easy black chickpeas recipe often made during ganesh chaturthi or navratri festival.Various sundals can be made with different legumes or lentils like black eyed peas, sweet corn, moong beans, bengal gram, peanuts. more or less the method to prepare sundal is same with minor variations here and there.I have already posted green gram sundal recipe.
i have soaked the dried black chickpeas overnight so that they become easier to pressure cook. whenever i am making any dish from chickpeas or rajma, i soak them for 8–9 hours or overnight. soaked chickpeas are easier and faster to cook.
sundals are healthy and guilt free snacks which you can have any time of the day. you can have them as an accompaniment with your meals too.

 

Preparation Time: 5min

Cooking Time: 7 min 

Serves:2  

Shelf life:1day 

Ingredients

• ½ cup kala chana or black chickpeas
• 2.5 to 3 cups water for pressure cooking the black chickpeas
• ¾ tsp black mustard seeds
• ¾ tsp urad dal/spilt & skinned black gram
• 1 green chili, chopped
• 1 dry red chili, kept whole or halved & deseeded
• a pinch of asafoetida/hing (optional)
• 1 to 2 tbsp grated fresh coconut
• 10 to 12 curry leaves/kadi patta
• few drops of lemon juice (optional)
• 1 tbsp coconut oil or peanut oil
• rock salt as required

Instructions

1. soak the kala chana or black chickpeas overnight.
2. next day, in the same soaked water, cook the chana in a pressure cooker till they are completely cooked. add more water if required in the cooker.
3. add salt too when cooking the chana. then strain the kala chana and keep aside.
4. don’t drain the stock. it is rich in nutrients and can be used for making chapatis or added to breads, curries and even dals.
5. heat oil in a pan. add the mustard seeds and urad dal.
6. the mustard seeds will crackle and the urad dal will get browned.
7. they almost take the same time to cook on a low flame.
8. immediately, add the curry leaves, red chilies and asafoetida. fry for 10-15 seconds.
9. now add the cooked black chana and salt. stir and saute for 4-5 minutes on a low to medium flame.
10. switch off the flame and add the coconut. sprinkle the lemon juice. stir well.
11. serve the black chana sundal as prashad or naivedyam.