Thattai payaru sundal - navaratri recipe

 Ingredients

Black bean - 1 cup
Water - 2 cups
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Mustard - 1 tsp
Urid dal - 1 tsp
Red chillies - 2 or 3
Curry leaves
Salt to taste

Procedure

Soak the bean for 2 hours. Boil in a pressure cooker with water and 1 tsp salt for 2 to 3 whistles. In a pan, add 1 tsp oil. Add mustard. Once it splutters, add urid dal. Roast it. Add the red chillies and the bean along with it. Mix well. Add the grated coconut and salt if needed. Mix well and atlast add some curry leaves and switch off the gas. Yummy thattai payaru sundal ready for nivedhanam.

*Note: i added 1 tsp of lemon juice to the sundal. Adding lemon juice is optional.