Kala Chana Sundal Recipe | Healthy Protein Snack

Ingredients

• 2 cups soaked and boiled kala chana (brown chick peas)
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• 1 1/2 tsp urad dal (safed urad dal)
• 1 tsp mustard seeds (rai / sarson)
• 2 whole dry Kashmiri red chilli, broken into pieces
• 5 curry leaves (kadi patta)
• 1/2 tsp asafoetida (hing)
• salt (namak) to taste
• 1/4 cup freshly grated coconut

Steps

1. To make kala chana sundal, heat the oil in a broad non-stick pan and add the urad dal and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
2. When the seeds crackle, add the mustard seeds, red chillies, asafoetida and curry leaves and sauté on a medium flame for a few seconds.
3. Add the kala chana and salt, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
4. Switch off the flame, add the coconut and mix well.
5. Serve the kala chana sundal hot.