Navarathri is a festival of worshiping the goddesses Parvathi (for creative power), Saraswathi (for wisdom) & Lakshmi (for wealth). Navarathri celebrations in Tamilnadu is incomplete without offering sundal (legume salad) to deities. I like to make karamani (black eyed beans) sundal for the soft skin & creamy texture. Today I used karamani of mahogany, peach & white colors and prepared 4 types of sundal.
It is tricky to cook karamani as they may turn either mushy or hard owing to the fact that some beans may require soaking prior to cooking but some may not. If we use the beans grown from early-maturing crops, it is not necessary to soak them before cooking and also it takes less time for cooking. In any case I prefer to soak the beans for 2 hours and pressure cook them after adding water in 1:1 by simmering for 5 minutes after reaching high pressure. Also I used red chillies only for flavor but not for the heat, as some especially children do not like to feel the heat of the seeds of chillies on their tongue.
I prepared spicy sundal using karamani of all 3 colors, aromatic sundal using white karamani, masala sundal using peach karamani & sweet sundal using mahogany karamani. For the recipes you may refer the gifs below that are self explanatory:
Spicy karamani sundal
Aromatic karamani sundal
Masala karamani sundal
Sweet karamani sundal
I love the idea of worshiping the goddess. And this dish sounds amazing!
Yes, I think every woman would like this idea very much! 🙂 Thank you.
The sweet sundal is new to me, Megala. It sure is worth a try.
Thank you.
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You are doing a great job of bringing out our traditional treats and presenting it so tastefully . Well done my friend 🤗
Thank you!
This one is challenging (so far ^^), but I finally made it.
The color is amazing. Beautiful plating. Love this dish. Love the idea!
Extremely happy to hear this, thank you soooo much! 🙂
Anytime, yes to these authentic and delicious Sundal 👌👌👌👌👍😃
Thanks!