
Ganesh chaturthi / Vinayagar chaturthi is only 2 days away and here is the chana sundal recipe we make for the festival. You can make the same with black chana too. I love both channa white and the brown/black. I often make channa masala or pindi chana for Aj. Sundal I make only very rarely. But I love it. This year we are not celebrating the festival as paati passed away, so made it last week and clicked too. Very simple recipe, but flavourful one. Channa or kondakadalai is how we call. But when I was studying in Trichy, many of my friends call kondakadalai as Sundal as such. It was funny for me for a while but then when I heard it from others too, then realized some people also call kondakadalai as sundal!.

Chana sundal recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Snack
Prep Time: 12 hours soaking time | Cook time: 20 mins | Serves: 3
Prep Time: 12 hours soaking time | Cook time: 20 mins | Serves: 3
Ingredients
Channa/ Kondakadalai – 1/2 cup
Coconut, scraped – 3 tblsp
Salt – 3/4 tsp
Coconut, scraped – 3 tblsp
Salt – 3/4 tsp
To Temper
Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard – 3/4 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Red chilli – 2
Asafoetida – 1 pinch
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Mustard – 3/4 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Red chilli – 2
Asafoetida – 1 pinch
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Method
- Soak channa overnight and pressure cook it with salt and water just to immerse it for 4 – 5 whistles.
- Heat kadai with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Add the cooked channa drained from water.
- Stir fry for 2 minutes until moisture evaporates and add the grated coconut and fry for a minute. Transfer to the serving bowl.
Notes
- You can add onion after tempering. Also you can replace red chillies with green chillies.
- You can grind green chilli and coconut and add it at last instead of tempering and adding grated coconut towards end.
- I added salt while cooking. This prevents over cooking of chana. Sometimes if the soaking hour is less, then adding salt will prevent channa from cooking properly. In such cases, add salt after cooking chana.
Delicious sundal is ready… Its very healthy guilt free snack!
Love this kind of sundal and use to prepare it very ofently with both varieties.
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You've presented even this simple sundal in such a beautiful and tempting way….looks awesome
Delicious sundal,luks gr8!
so yummy sundal! easy to make.. and healthy too
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looks delicious
My most favourite sundal,simply love it.
Really looks great.. ur stepwise pics is always helpful to beginners like me and ur tips are so useful… u help me learn cooking from the basics.. thank you so much..
It never looked so beautiful….Simple yet tasty
Hey…Addition of Coconut in the Chana's makes this dish really yum, I wasn't aware that it is called Sundal till last year ganesh chaturthi festival. I love this combo 🙂
Looks very flavourful….beautiful clicks too!!
Super tempting sundal and clicks are pretty
i love sundals. the pics are great with black background and simple styling.
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happy to hear that you studied in Trichy
Sundals are always a treat – simple, tasty and nutritious
wow these clicks are very inviting and appetizing…
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love this simple sundals anytime, loved your clicks, so inviting!!
Healthy , delicious and flavorful.. Love it..
Very healthy and flavourful sundal. Awesome clicks.
Sundal look super with your clicks…simple and yummy preparation…
Simple but delicious sundal! The photograph looks very nice!!
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Also, to mention a great photographer!! The way you present your recipe is simply wowww!! 🙂
Great recipe! Looks delicious! the pictures are incredible!
shundal looks delicious….