Pachai payaru sundal/ green gram sundal recipe / healthy snack

Pachai payaru sundal recipe with step by step pictures 

             Pachai payaru sundal is a healthy snack recipe of south-india.  It is a easy and quick recipe.  I often make it as a evening time snack.  The crunchiness of onion and grated coconut enhances the taste of the sundal.  Try this healthy snack at your home.  Hope you like it. 

Enjoy the food  ! 

Ingredients   : 

.   Pachai payaru / green gram  -  1 cup

.   Oil  -  2 tsp

.   Mustard seeds  -  1 tsp

.   Urad dal  -  1/2 tsp

.   Onion  -  1 small sized (finely chopped) 

.   Curry leaves   -  1 sprig

.   Dry red chillies   -  2 

.   Asafoetida / hing  -  1 pinch

.   Grated coconut  -  3 tblsp

.   Salt to taste 

Method  : 

             1. Soak green gram overnight or about 8 hours.  

            2. Add green gram in hot water along with some salt.  Cook for 5- 8 mins or until green gram gets cooked.  Strain the green gram. 

          3. Heat oil in a kadai.  Add mustard seeds and urad dal.  After it sizzle,  add onion,  curry leaves, hing and dry red chillies.  

         4. Saute until translucent.  Add cooked  green gram.  Add salt if required.  Saute for a min.  Add grated coconut.  Toss well. Green gram sundal is ready. 

Pictorial   : 

               Soak green gram (pachai payaru)   overnight or for about 8 hours. 

Boil water.  Add green gram along with some salt

Cook for 5 -  8 mins or until it gets cooked

Strain the green gram

Heat oil in a kadai

Add mustard seeds and urad dal

After it crackle,  add finely chopped onion, curry leaves, hing and dry red chillies 

Saute until onion becomes translucent 

Add cooked green gram

Saute for a min

Add grated coconut 

Toss it well.  Switch off the flame

Pachai payaru sundal is ready to be served