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Peanuts Sundal
By
DK
on Oct 04, 2010
The festival of Navarathri emphasizes the celebration of Goddesses in Hindu culture where "Nava" means 9 and "rathiri" means "Nights" denoting that the festivity is for 9 nights. Households celebrate it by making doll houses called "Gollu" (each house with varied styles and elaboration) and guests are invited to come and sing devotional songs in their houses. They are offered a light salad which is called as Sundal as prasad. 9 days sees 9 different types of such salads among which is this one made with Peanuts. You can see few other treats in my Navarati section
Like so many other recipes, this one likewise enjoys variations and this is how I make it. I love peanuts to death, esp, the boiled variety. Countless have been the days from my childhood when we have enjoyed peeling boiled whole peanuts from their shell and popping it into our mouths while chitchatting about some event or the other. So needless to say, this variety of sundal is one of my favorites.
Basic Information
Prep Time: 30 min to 1 hour
Cook Time: Under 15 min
Serves: 2 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup Raw peanuts with skin
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp split black gram (urad dal)
- 1-2 dried red chillies
- 1/8-1/4 tsp turmeric
- pinch of asafoetida
- 4-5 curry leaves
- 1-2 tbsp coconut, freshly grated (frozen works too, but fresh is recommended)
- salt to taste
Method
1
Soak the peanuts for 1 hour in water.
2
Pressure cook it with turmeric for 1 -2 whistles until soft. You can do it likewise on a stove top too. I think it takes around 30 minutes.
3
Drain the peanuts well and set aside.
4
In a skillet in little oil, pop the mustard seeds. Then add in the lentil along with dried chilli and asafoetida.
5
Add the curry leaves, coconut, peanuts along with salt.
6
Give it a quick mix until well combined. Stir gently for another minute or 2.
Serve. A simple salad.
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Hi
Can u help for 1 to 9 days which sundal should be prepared to offer first 3 days nect 3 days and last 3 days in navratri?plz say .Awaitingto hear from u…
The order/preference differs from house to house. hence I am not sure of a traditional pattern per se.
Hi, I made Sundal today… it came out very good.
Thanks for sharing it.
Cheers,
Tanmaya
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Wow… lovely recipe.. am gonna try it soon!
Will try this. My H loves peanuts while I sort of avoid it and right now I hve around 2 k of peanut pkts waiting their turn
.Looks delish
Advanced NAVRATHRI WISHES TO YOU AND FAMILY
Droolworthy sundal,my fav!
The recipe is good but turmeric,asafoetida,lentils and mustard seeds are considered not eatables during fast,can make it w/o using these ingredients for fast or could be eaten if not keeping fast
The fast varies from family to family. For few families I know they avoid rice, wheat etc during fast while many don’t fast at all. So a blanket no wouldn’t be advisable but as you said this can be made to suit the needs of your family easily
The sundal looks just yum divya!! I will be making them for navaratri as well
Simple and hearty!
Healthy and Yummy…love it!!
yummy n colorful