Learn how to make peanut sundal, verkadalai sundal recipe for Navaratri Sundal, kolu. A classic south Indian sundal recipe with bust of flavours. With step by step pictures.
For everybody including me, Golu means the first thing is Sundal that comes to our mind. I have posted this Green gram sweet sundal 2 years back when I made it for my Golu.
Last year I didn’t post any sundal recipe in my blog. But I did made pasi paruppu sundal, chana dal sundal and verkadalai sundal.
Inspiration
This peanut sundal is one I loved when Janani gave when I went to her kolu. It was tasting simply superb.
Usually I add grated coconut. But I felt like she had ground the coconut which made it look good.
So I tried that way, she had ground the coconut fine, though I ground very coarsely. Still loved it!
My mom always makes the sundal moist. Not very dry. I too prefer that way.
Sundals are simple to make, but a healthy snack. So even if you don't keep Golu, do make sundal and eat .
This year, since Rukku paati passed away, we are not celebrating any festivals and sadly no Golu as well.
Recipe card
Peanut sundal | verkadalai sundal recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Peanut dry
- ⅛ cup Coconut
- Salt
TO TEMPER
- 2 teaspoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon Urad dal
- 2 Red chilli
- 10 Curry leaves
- ⅛ teaspoon Asafoetida
Instructions
- Soak the peanuts for 1 to 3 hours. Drain and pressure cook for 5 whistles with ¾ cup water, salt.
- Drain and keep aside. Heat a pan with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table.
- Add the drained peanuts and give a stir for a minute.
- Add the coconut (I ground coarsely) and mix well for a minute.
Notes
- My mom never drain the water and boil it until it evaporates.
- If you use fresh peanuts, no need to soak, just pressure cook with salt.
- You can add finely chopped ginger after you temper for extra flavor.
- Another method is grind coconut, green chilli and ginger coarsely and add lastly instead of using red chillies while tempering.
- I made less in quantity for this post than I have mentioned in the ingredients.
Stepwise photos
- Soak the peanuts for 3 hours. Drain and pressure cook for 5 whistles with ¾ cup water, salt.
- Drain and keep aside. Heat a pan with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Add the drained peanuts and give a stir for a minute.
- Add the coconut (I ground coarsely) and mix well for a minute.
Transfer to the serving bowl. It is simple with least ingredients, yet flavorful and juicy sundal!
srividhya Ravikumar
nice sundal and excellent golu...esp love the 3rd step....
Nivedhanams Sowmya
Nice golu pictures!!! yummy sundal - very festive!!!
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I am also planning to post this sundal...love love your kolu...so beautiful...like that different ganpathi..i have that too..
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Prathibha
Nice pics Raji..Golu used to b der at my Grany's place..I never kept it so far but love to visit other's houses during navratri for golu..loved ur son's collection..yummy sundal
Nagalakshmi V
love the first pic. it's a bit different and the lighting is lovely 🙂
lata raja
It is truly fun to arrange the 'kolu' and invite friends over to view. i can very well understand your mother's predicament. i too hardly have people who bother to visit. but that does not stop me from arranging it.
I make also the vearkadalai sundal one of the days. Like Nags said the picture is absolutely lovely.
Kalpana Sareesh
Love the kolu.. simply cute.. it shows tat u hv a car lover kid..i am sersly going to miss kolu this time.. due to some demise in my fils family...i prepare so much so much.. feeling tat am in a lost land .... .will miss my dolls..n one of my fav sundal is def this verkadalai n paasi paruppu ..
jeyashrisuresh
Even i miss the golu in my mom's place which we used to decorate so nicely. She makes 9 steps and as kids we were so enthusiastic to arrange everything esp the park.
Lovely sundal and i loved the golu u kept at ur place last year. Pretty clicks and props
Kaveri Venkatesh
It's is opposite in my case..Mom never kept golu at home..but MIL keeps....On seeing her keep for the first couple of years, I too got very interested and excited...then started keeping golu at home...but after my second one is born, I could not keep last year, in fear that she would break the dolls, This year also I think I'll have to do something small.
Sundal looks delicious..as usual the clicks are beautiful
Prathima Rao
A nice & tasty sundal!!And so loved the kolu.. 🙂
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simple and tasty peanut sundal... kolu looks awesome.... lov the theme of your son...
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Anu
Love the kolu. Simple and yum sundal
S.Menaga
Loved ur kolu pic,simple n healthy sundal....
Ramya
What an awesome clicks!! Wow..long long since i saw or kept a Kolu:-( Looks great Raks.I made ur potato masala twice and it was soo great ..just as yummy as ur pics!
Tina
Lovely clicks and sundal..
Suja Manoj
Yummy and healthy..
Happy Cook / Finla
My hubby loves peanuts i am sure he will love this.
Sudha Sabarish
Nice kolu Raji.nicely decorated and i love the cute little car section of ur son.This sundal never tried before.will give a try once.
divya
looks absolutely inviting and tempting.. very delicious recipe dear..
Veena Theagarajan
I don't keep kolu (even my mom and MIL don't) but my sis does it for last 3 years. She does it very nicely and her 2 daughters enjoy it. See the kids I keep thinking about starting (still thinking :-)) Nice golu.. I love the first pic. Peanut sundal is very tempting
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Priya
Sundal looks fantastic,even am missing this kolu and all..Love that 3rd step,looks damn cute and beautiful.
San
I get very excited when it comes to kolu, my grandma used to keep it. She would have plenty of dolls and so she would keep 9 steps. Yours looks cute raji. Peanut sundal is calling me now 🙂
Sanoli Ghosh
Very inviting peanut sundal you made dear. Awesome clicks. First time seeing this kolu and read about it. Amazing dear...
Jay
lovely post...nice cliks of traditional golu
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Priti S
Gud to see your golu ...I am always eagar to see those beauties ....one of sundal I like very much ..nice clicks dear
ANU
beautiful recipe and drool over the pics....
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Very nice recipe!!!
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Vijitha
Easy quick sundal. Happy Navaratri Celebration girl!
dassana
coming across one more sundal recipe and this looks so delicious. it would even taste good with fresh peanuts.
Rashu Subburaman
Hi Raks.....I love all ur dishes...Can u pls tell me some easy reciepe with fried peanuts as well...