Navadhanya Sundal Recipe | Navaratna Sundal Recipe

Navadhanya Sundal Recipe / Navaratna Sundal Recipe with step by step pics and a short YouTube video. If you like my video, please share it and don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to my channel. This sundal is prepared on the last day, that is the 9th day of the Navratri with 9 varieties of legumes/lentils. ‘Nava‘ means 9 and ‘Dhanya‘ means legumes. You can alter the legumes as per your taste and availability, as there is no specific measurement for this recipe. I used freshly ground spice powder to make this sundal tastier but you can make without this sundal podi also. 

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Navadhanya Sundal

Navadhanya Sundal Recipe | Navaratna Sundal Recipe

Priya Santhamohan

Navadhanya Sundal Recipe / Navaratna Sundal Recipe is prepared on the last day, that is the 9th day of the Navratri with 9 varieties of legumes/lentils.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Soaking Time 8 hrs

Total Time 8 hrs 35 mins

Course Navratri Recipes, Snack, Sundal Recipes

Cuisine Indian

Servings 6 People

Calories 111 kcal

Ingredients

  

• ¼ Cup White Channa
• ¼ Cup Black Channa
• ¼ Cup Green Gram
• ¼ Peanut
• ¼ Cup Cow Peas
• 2 tbsp Green Peas
• 2 tbsp Bengal Gram

To Roast & Grind

• 1 tbsp Toor Dal
• 1 tbsp Urad Dal
• 1 tbsp Channa Dal
• 5 to 6 Red Chilli
• 1 tsp Jeera
• 1 tbsp Coriander Powder / Seeds
• 2 tbsp Grated Coconut

To Temper

• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
• ½ tsp Urad Dal
• 1 Red Chilli
• 1 Sprig Curry Leaves
• 1 Generous Pinch Hing

Instructions

 

• I soaked black chana, white chana for 8 hours and pressure cooked for 3 whistles separately. Then soaked cowpeas, groundnut, green gram, black gram for 6 hours and cooked separately for 2 whistles. Then, soaked Bengal gram, moong dal for 1 hour and cooked separately till soft. Finally, cooked green peas for 2 whistles. (cook everything with a little salt). Drain the water, keep all the lentils and bean ready.
• Now, measure and keep all the ingredients for 'Roasting' and 'To Temper'.
• Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan and add all the ingredients listed in the table 'To Roast and Grind'. Fry everything till golden colour.
• Switch off the flame, add the grated coconut and give a quick stir. Let it cool down.
• Transfer the roasted ingredients to a mixer and grind it to a coarse powder.
• Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds. Once it splutters, add the urad dal, red chilli, curry leaves, hing and give a mix.
• Then add all the lentils and required salt (add a little salt only as we have already added while cooking).
• Finally, add 2 to 3 tbsp of the ground powder and mix everything well. Do try this Navaratna Sundal Recipe for this upcoming Navratri festival.

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Notes

Tips for Navaratna Sundal Recipe

1. Lentils / beans can be chosen accordingly as per you preference and availability. There is no specific measurement for this recipe.
2. Even horse gram, dried green peas/white peas, soya bean, rajma bean, double bean, butter bean, green channa, sweet corn, toor dal, ajwain, moth bean, sesame seeds, lobia, cow peas etc can be used.
3. Always cook each lentil / bean separately or combine 2 or 3 and cook.
4. Even if you cook the lentils extra, transfer it in a ziplock cover and freeze. It stays good for 10 to 15 minutes. Just thaw for 1 hour before cooking.
5. Even 1 tsp ajwain can be roasted and ground with the other spices. Ajwain lends a nice flavour and helps in digestion too.
6. The ground spice powder / sundal podi, can be used for other sundal recipes. Also, it stays good for 10 days, if kept in a clean jar.
7. For a different taste, this Navaratna Sundal Recipe can be topped up with grated mango.
8. Tempering in coconut oil, gives a nice flavour to the Navadhanya Sundal Recipe.

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Method for Navadhanya Sundal Recipe

1. I soaked black chana, white chana for 8 hours and pressure cooked for 3 whistles separately. Then soaked cowpeas, groundnut, green gram, black gram for 6 hours and cooked separately for 2 whistles. Then, soaked Bengal gram, moong dal for 1 hour and cooked separately till soft. Finally, cooked green peas for 2 whistles. (cook everything with a little salt) Drain the water, keep all the lentils and bean ready.

2. Now, measure and keep all the ingredients for ‘Roasting‘ and ‘To Temper‘.

3. Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan and add all the ingredients listed in the table ‘To Roast and Grind‘. Fry everything till golden colour.

4. Switch off the flame, add the grated coconut and give a quick stir. Let it cool down.

5. Transfer the roasted ingredients to a mixer and grind it to a coarse powder.

6. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds. Once it splutters, add the urad dal, red chilli, curry leaves, hing and give a mix.

7. Then add all the lentils and required salt (add a little salt only as we have already added while cooking).

8. Finally, add 2 to 3 tbsp of the ground powder and mix everything well.

Do try this Navaratna Sundal Recipe for this upcoming Navratri festival.

Navadhanya Sundal Recipe