Monday, April 27, 2009

Thenga Manga Pattani Sundal/Yellow Peas Sundal

Pondicherry beach, nothing will replace pondicherry beach and one of the best place u will surely watch out everyday whenever u go around the city if u r born and brought up in pondicherry...The beaches are the best place to relax in Pondicherry.The 1500 metre long beach that borders the town on the eastern side and an ideal place for swimming and sun bathing. There are two historical monuments on the beach.. One is the 4m tall statue of Mahatma Gandhi and the other is the War Memorial, built by the French in commemoration of the soldiers who died in the First World War. The Light House which stands 29m high and is over than 150 years old. This yellow peas sundal brings me loads of marvellous memories, i still remember an old man who used to sell this thenga manga pattani sundal near to Pondicherry Mairie every evening, we just love his sundal and whenever we go to the beach my dad used to buy for us...This is my mom version of beach sundal, i do often for our evening snacks which i prepared after a long for today's snacks..


1cup Yellow peas(dry)
1tbsp Oil
1/2tsp Mustard seeds+Urad dal
1no Onion (chopped)
2no Green chillies(chopped)
2nos Garlic clove (crushed)
1tsp Ginger (grated)
1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
1no Dry red chilly(broken as 2)
5nos Curry leaves
1/4cup Coconut(grated)
1/4cup Raw mango (chopped)
1tbsp Coriander leaves (chopped)

Soak the yellow peas overnite r atleast for 6 hours....pressure cook upto 1 whistle with enough salt, drain the cooked water and keep aside...heat the oil in a kadai, add the mustard seeds, urad dal, red chilli pieces, asafoetida powder and let them splutters, add immediately the chopped onion, grated ginger, crushed garlic cloves, curry leaves and stir until the onions turns transculent, add the cooked yellow peas, toss gently for a while and add finally the grated coconut, chopped raw mango pieces and chopped coriander leaves..cook everything in simmer for a while until everything get well mixed..put off the stove..

Serve hot r cool as evening snacks!..This sundal goes to Pallavi's Sunday Snacks-Chaat/Indian Street Food..

27 comments:

Recipeswap said... Reply To This Comment

Looks nice Priya,I make it with black channa too

Parita said... Reply To This Comment

Nice dish priya..love the addition of raw mangoes and coconut :)

FH said... Reply To This Comment

Beach sounds so good, wish I was there! Nice Sundal to remember home! :)

Priya Sriram said... Reply To This Comment

Enakku Marina beach-la ukanduttu irukka maariye irukku Priya!! :D Super sundal dear! :) Thanks for sharing the recipe! :)

Pooja said... Reply To This Comment

Looking yum priya..Sounds healthy..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Chennai beach gnabagam varuthu priya... nice entry priya..

Ashwini said... Reply To This Comment

Nice way to remember the beach..Sundal looks good.

VIDYA VENKY said... Reply To This Comment

i love this priya..my favorite..reminds me of chennai beaches

Indhu said... Reply To This Comment

yummy... the sundal transported me straight back to the beaches of Chennai :)

Vikis Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

OMG I am drooling even on reading the title. Yummy sundal.

Sanghi said... Reply To This Comment

mmmm am drooling over them Priya..! Do check my blog for FIL season 2..!

Yasmeen said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy snack from the beautiful land:)

Ramya Vijaykumar said... Reply To This Comment

Priya nice snack dear, by the way add a lil bit of raw mango I will be grateful to side side by side and have the entire bowl :)

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

Hi-yaa! Pattani Sundal! I used to have it in Marina beach when I was young! Pattani looks scrumptious!:9

Vibaas said... Reply To This Comment

my favorite n looks yummmmm..but hey no no no idhu enga chennai recipe. LOL :D

Gita Jaishankar said... Reply To This Comment

Great post dear, I am from Pondicherry and I miss the long walks in the beach munching this sundal...are you from Pondicherry?

chef and her kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

I have been to pondicherry once, its really a lovely beach...Yummy sundal..great way to spend time in beaches munching these..

Suparna said... Reply To This Comment

Hi Priya,
Love this healthy dish can finish any amount :) plump chana are gorgeous aren't they?! :)
TC

Lavanya said... Reply To This Comment

good healthy snack..i love peas in any form..addition of raw mango n coconut is new to me:)

Mahimaa's kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

tasty and healthy sundal. good one priya.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

whenever i go to beach, i will either have sundal or phel puri..

Love the entry Priya!

Kalai said... Reply To This Comment

It reminds me the chennai beach and sundal.Today's evening snack :).peek into my blog if u have time.

Chutneytales said... Reply To This Comment

Priya,Kalakureenga! I love these sundals..Perfect snack for evening time!

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

The sundal guy goes through my road everyday I use to buy without going to beach! Good one Priya!

FewMinute Wonders said... Reply To This Comment

Hi Priya, for some reason I thought the beach sundal was made with peanuts.Sorry have not tasted this at the beach. Must have been an experience to have this at the beach.

Valarmathi Sanjeev said... Reply To This Comment

When i do this next time i will add raw mango to it. Healthy and yummy one.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

nice sundal receipe, me too never missed sundal at pondicherry. Nice way to remmber the pondicherry beach.