Recipe: Yummy Kollu thuvaiyal (horsegram chutney)

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Kollu thuvaiyal (horsegram chutney). A typical 'Elai Sapadu' in Tamil Nadu often consists of a thick chutney-like side dish known as thogayal, usually made of roasted and ground lentils along with coconut. Kollu or horse gram is a healthy legume that finds several uses in a South Indian kitchen. This horse gram chutney/ kollu thogayal has a nutty flavour and delicious aroma.  Serve Kollu Thogayal along with.

Great recipe for Kollu thuvaiyal (horsegram chutney).

Horse gram is very good to reduce body fat and it is very healthy too.

It has some medicinal values to cure cold.

You can cook Kollu thuvaiyal (horsegram chutney) using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Kollu thuvaiyal (horsegram chutney)

1. You need 1/2 cup of Horse gram/kollu.

2. It’s 1 cup of Shallots/small onion.

3. It’s 2 of Garlic cloves.

4. You need 1 of Tomato.

5. Prepare 2-3 of Red chilies.

6. It’s 1 tea spoon of Urad dal.

7. Prepare 1 tea spoon of Coriander seeds.

8. It’s 1 tea spoon of Pepper.

9. It’s 3/4 tea spoon of Jeera/cumin seeds.

10. It’s leaves of Curry.

We can use this recipe for both rice and idli/dosa with slight modification.

Chettinadu Style Kollu Thogayal Recipe is a chutney or side dish made with the healthy goodness of horsegram.

Horsegram is cooked and mixed with zing of Chettinadu spices to make it healthy as well as a tasty dish.  Did you know : Horsegram contains the highest protein content of any lentil in the world.

This grain is fed to horses to keep them energetic and maintain weight, hence the.

Kollu thuvaiyal (horsegram chutney) instructions

1. Cook horse gram in a pressure cooker by adding little water. Cook for 2 to 3 whistles and keep aside till the pressure goes off..

2. Meanwhile heat 2 tea spoons of cooking oil in a pan and add urad dal, coriander seeds, red chilli, pepper corns, cumin seeds and curry leaves one by one. Saute for a minute. Take it away from the pan and add to the mixie jar..

3. In same pan, add a teaspoon of oil and fry small onions when it becomes transparent add chopped tomato and saute till it gets cooked. Add this mixture to the mixie jar..

4. Add cooked horse gram as well to mixie jar and add required salt. grind it to a fine paste..

5. Note: you can use remaining water from cooked horse gram to make a kollu rasam.

Horse gram chutney, a healthy thogayal recipe with horse gram, red chili, garlic as main ingredients.

Kollu or Horse gram is a very healthy grain we make kollu podi which can be mixed with rice.

Rarely i make kollu rasam too, the recipe i have given in my Android mobile app.

Horsegram is a special pulse, which imbibes a mind-blowing aroma and flavour when roasted.

Here, horsegram is combined with other delicious ingredients like coconut, red chillies, onions and coriander to make a mouth-watering chutney, which is perfect to serve with idlis and dosas.