Keyword: Festival recipes, South Indian festival, Sundal recipes
Servings: 3
Author: Jeyashri suresh
Ingredients
½cupRajma Sundal
8-10Mint leaves
1tspUrad dal
4-5Pepper
1Red chilli
1tspOil
¼tspMustard seeds
Few Curry leaves
1tspCoconut oil
2tbspGrated Coconut
2pinchesAsafoetida
Salt as needed
Instructions
Soak the rajma for 10 to 12 hours or overnight. Wash it thoroughly and add water to this and little salt . Pressure cook this until 6-7 whistles. Drain the excess water and keep it aside.
You can add 1/2 tsp of baking soda while soaking and before cooking wash it well and change the water. This helps in easy cooking of the legumes.
Dry roast the mint leaves in a pan till they turn crispy. Do not burn it. Carefully roast.
Dry roast the urad dal, black pepper, and red chilli and powder this along with the mint leaves. Do not worry if they are a little coarse. Since I used 1/2 cup of rajma the spice mix was very less. If made in bulk, you can powder the spice mix finely.
In a pan add oil and add in the mustard seeds, asafoetida, and curry leaves.
Add in the cooked rajma and add a little salt. Add the spice powder. Mix well.
Flavorful sundal is ready for neivedyam.
Notes
Notes: 1. If you do not have mint leaves in hand, you can try coriander leaves or curry leaves.2. If you feel your rajma variety is not cooking properly, You can add 1/2 tsp of baking soda while soaking, and before cooking wash it well and change the water. This helps in the easy cooking of the legumes3. Do not add more salt while cooking the rajma as it will not cook properly.4. Rajma sundal | Red kidney beans sundal can be made on normal days as an accompaniment for meal too.