Navratri Sundal Recipes for 9 days | Sundal Recipe

Navratri sundal recipes for 9 days as well as more options to decide form the collection of many. From classic recipes to special unique ones.

These healthy stir fry snack is mostly made for Navaratri prasadam. You can also make it to meet your protein intake, especially if vegetarian.

Check out my Navaratri menu plan for 7 days and no onion no garlic recipes in this website that will be useful during the festival time.

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Ingredients

Legume & Dal - Basically, main ingredient for any sundal recipe is legumes or dals. Popular ones are chickpeas, peanut, channa dal, moong dal, dried peas.

Asafoetida - Perungayam/ hing - I consider this as most important for flavor as well as to balance the gastric property associated with dals and legumes.

Coconut - one of the main ingredient for garnish. I never make without this finishing touch, which adds taste as well as flavor.

Tempering - What makes any sundal taste and smell divinely? The simple tadka of coconut oil, mustard, urad dal, hing and chilli as well as some ginger optionally!

Hack for making any sundal recipe:

1. Firstly, wash the legume or dal. After that, soak as when needed. From 1 hour to overnight soaking, it depends what we use.
2. Secondly, discard and change the water. Then add salt, asafoetida and cook it just right with enough to immerse. Not too less, not too much. Cooking without salt will make it get overcooked, so, add it while cooking.
3. Thirdly, temper and stir fry the cooked, drained dal or legume.
4. Finally, garnish with coconut. If adding extra spice powder, you can add at this stage.

Generally we never add onion in sundal during Navaratri days. If making on other days you can add raw onions as in thenga manga pattani sundal.

My Golu

My last year's(2011) Golu. First two steps with the dolls and 3rd step is only for Aj, only his toys 🙂

I know many of you wondering what I am doing this year, I am yet to set up my kolu, this year. Last three days alone, as we have planned for a holiday trip to Vietnam as Aj's exams are over and he has got a term break. Will be back from vacation and after setting my kolu, I will share the pictures as well as a sundal recipe with you all!

Also check out my other collections in my website. We have no practice keeping Golu, but my mom started this practice of keeping golu when we were kids. She have this interest and just like me, initially started with toys we had at home.

The neighbors around our house had no idea about golu and there won't even be any visitors. So she goes to known neighbors house and pass sundal, vethala paaku kungumam (Haldi kumkum).

After my Sis-in-law's effort, she got this golu stand, beautiful proper golu set boomais. My dad helps assembling and he have couple of visitors too for her golu these days.

In the year 2019, I was there and watched in person after a while, her enthusiasm never have ceased! The poorna kumbam with coconut and maavilai is considered a 'must' in the kolu.

My latest golu 2025

List of sundal recipe

Now these are some ideas for Navaratri special that you can offer to God as well as serve as prasadam for visitors. Just don't forget to soak the legumes whenever needed.

Because some needs 12 hours soaking time for easy cooking, depending on the sundal you choose for the next day. Happy Navaratri !

• Peanut sundal
• Chana sundal
• Green gram sweet sundal
• Pasi paruppu sundal
• Rajma sundal
• Kadalai paruppu sundal
• Pattani sundal
• Kondakadalai sundal
• Sweet corn sundal
• Karamani sundal
• Ulundhu sundal
• Kollu sundal
• Soya bean sundal
• Pasta sundal
• Green gram sundal
• Mochai sundal
• Black bean sundal
• White rajma sundal

Below are the Navratri 2026 color code, prasadam ideas for 9 days of navratri: (Source) Please use this as a guide for ideas.

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Day	Goddess	Flower	Fruit	Color	Navaratri Prasad
Day 1	Shailputri / Uma Maheshwari	Jasmine, Vilvam	Banana	White	Ven pongal, Moong dal sundal
Day 2	Brahmacharini/ Raja Rajeswari	Mullai, sevvarali, Maruvu	Mango	Red	Peanut sundal, Puliyodharai
Day 3	Chandraganta/ Vaaraahi	Thulasi, Hibiscus, Sambangi	Jackfruit	Royal Blue	Karamani Sundal, Sakkarai pongal
Day 4	Kuzhmanda Devi/ Mahalakshmi	Jadhimalli, Kathir pachai	Guava	Yellow	Pattani sundal, Kadamba sadam
Day 5	Skandamata/ Vaishnavi Devi	shenbaga poo, Parijadham, mullai	Pomegranate	Green	Kadalai paruppu sundal, thayir sadam
Day 6	Katyayini/ Chandika Devi	Chembaruthi, Sandhana ilai	Orange	Grey	Green gram sundal, Coconut rice
Day 7	Kalaratri Devi/ Sambavi	Thazhampoo, thumbai	Dates	Orange	Chana sundal, Lemon rice
Day 8	Mahagauri/ Narasimha Dharini	Marudhani poo, Rose	Grapes	Peacock green/ blue	Mochai sundal, Appam, Paal sadam
Day 9	Siddhidatri/ Parameswari	Marikozhundhu, Lotus	Naval pazham	Pink/ Purple	Sakkarai pongal, Chana sundal

Recipes

Classic sundal recipes

1. Chana sundal

This sundal recipe is classic and many people in fact in Tamil nadu, call chickpeas as sundal itself! Simple as well as quick (except soaking) popular sundal recipe.

2. Kondakadalai sundal

With special spice powder (sundal podi) this is also one of the classic variety made during the festival.

3. Peanut sundal

One of the most popular as well as tastiest sundal according to me is verkadalai sundal! Check out the preparation below.

4. Karamani sundal

Next, karamani sundal is flavorful as well as quite easy. Roasting the black eyed beans gives best flavor in particular.

Unique sundal recipes

1. Mochai malli sundal

A treat to eyes and also taste buds, with a unique masala that makes it so special!

2. Black bean sundal

Needs just 30 mins soaking time for this super yummy as well as kids friendly black bean sundal.

3. White rajma sundal

Aren't they looking like a dream? It tastes best as well that just melts in your mouth and most importantly, blends so well with spices.

4. Pasta sundal

A kids special recipe with cute little pasta shapes. You can make these in regular days as well or to impress the mini humans while visiting.

No soak sundals

Below are some sundal recipes that needs no soaking / optional soaking time.

1. Moth bean sundal

My latest try with this legume, also known as nari payaru sundal in Tamil.

2. Moong dal sundal

Secondly, this super easy and quick sundal recipe, yet packed with flavors.

3. Chana dal sundal

Comes handy and gives so much volume, one of my favorite childhood memories enjoying amma making this.

4. Sweet corn sundal

Surely a crowd pleaser, loved by all as well as easy to prepare if using frozen sweet corn. I have used onion in this recipe, but skip it if making as navratri prasad.

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