Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Thenga maanga sundal

A visit to Marina beach is incomplete without munching the sundal or enjoying the tangy theekka milaga bajji.  I used to admire the young lads mostly in their early teens selling sundal with full vigor.  I personally feel that certain eats would have the fullest satisfaction if had in a small quantity like this sundal which is given in a small paper cone, 4 to 5 mango pieces dipped in red chilly and salt in front of Nallis in T'Nagar etc etc,  But, since I had to wait for another couple of months to visit Chennai and the Marina beach, I prepared at home and it was a huge success and all of us at home had this sundal sitting  in the Corniche which is quite similar to the Marina.

Ingredients:

Chenna - 1/2 kg
Green chillies - 2 tsp finely chopped
Curry leaves - 2 tsp
Coriander leaves - 4 tsp finely chopped
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Mango - 1/2 mango finely chopped
Grated fresh coconut- 4 tbsp
Ginger - 1 tsp finely chopped
Salt
Lemon - 2
Oil

Boil the chenna with salt and strain in a colander.  In a heavy pan, add oil and then the mustard seeds, when it splutters add the green chillies, curry leaves and add the cooked chenna. Stir it till it is dry and devoid of any water content.  Now, add the coriander leaves, finely chopped mango pieces, finely chopped ginger, grated coconut  and the juice of two lemon.  Mix well and the spicy 'chat pata' sundal is ready to eat.

'If the divine Creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite thing to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony' - Fernand Point

25 comments:

  1. Very healthy and delicious recipe.. simply inviting :)
    Indian Cuisine

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  2. Recently only I could taste this kind of chundal , the thought itself is making me drool.I had that in a paper cone...It was fun. shall try at home.thanks.

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  3. I love this and been longing to eat for a while now! Drooling :)

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  4. wow really tempting,pls pass me some...

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  5. i love this.....looks inviting..

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  6. This looks too good....Yummy one...Thanks for the recipe

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  7. Just like the one u get in beach... Tangy n yummy

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  8. Sundal looks so flavorful and yummy!

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  9. what a rhyming title- thenga, manga! and I love this recipe- you can feed me the sundal anytime (I can gobble it even on a full stomach)

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  10. making me drool - I do remember this only too well and miss those wonderful days at Marina :) thanks for the yummy reminder dear :)

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  11. love to have it right now....too tempting :)

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  12. Looks soo tempting, creamy and delicious...cant wait 2 try it out...thnx 4sharing...enjoy..tc..:)

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  13. My all time favorite. Looks perfect.

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  14. This one looks so easy to cook and mouth-watering...delicious!

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  15. Very healthy and delicious recipe. My kids love any version of sundal..

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  16. Yum! I have never seen this. It sounds delicious:)

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  17. We too make similar sundal. All love it!

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  18. Sundal your recipe luks delicious and tasty..

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