Thenga Manga Pattani Sundal

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Thenga Manga Pattani Sundal is a snack prepared with boiled white peas, grinded coconut and topped with raw mangoes, sold in the Chennai Marina beach. I asked myself, after posting some decent number of posts in my blog how can I forget this yummy sundal? After marriage I have almost spent solid 8 years in Chennai. Atleast monthly 3 to 4 times I used to go to Marina beach with hubby, enjoy the sea breeze, a long walk and never forget to taste this sundal. Though I am concerned about the hygiene, the smell of the sundal makes me to buy it. While typing I can remember this nostalgic memories. After moving to Bangalore I miss Marina Beach and Chennai a lot. I hope all of you like this picture, as I am the first to take food pic using sand.

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Thenga Manga Pattani Sundal

Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Snack / Sundal Recipes
Preparation + Cook Time: 25 minutes | Serves: 2 to 3

Ingredients

Dry White Peas – 1 cup
Raw Mango – 1/4 cup
Carrot – 1 tblsp (optional)
Red Chilli Powder – 1/4 tsp
Coriander Leaves – 1 tblsp
Lemon Juice – 1/2 tsp (as per your taste)
Salt – As Needed

To Grind

Grated Coconut – 3 tblsp
Green Chilli – 2
Ginger – 1/2 inch piece

To Temper

Mustard Seeds – 2 tsp
Urad Dal – 1 tsp
Hing – 2 generous pinch
Curry Leaves – Few
Oil – 3 tsp

Method

1. Keep all the ingredients ready. Soak white peas in water for 8 hours. Wash and pressure cook with water for 3 whistles. Drain water and keep by side.
Thenga-Manga-Pattani-Sundal-Step1 2. Grind grated coconut, green chilli and ginger to coarse paste. Heat oil in a kadai and temper the ingredients listed in the table ‘To Temper’. Add grinded coconut paste and saute for a while, don’t turn it brown.
3. Now add the cooked peas, chilli powder and salt.
Thenga-Manga-Pattani-Sundal-Step3 4. Mix everything well and cook in low flame for 2 more minutes, switch off flame. Finally garnish with coriander leaves and squeeze lemon juice.
Yummy beach style sundal is ready.

Beach Sundal

Tips

1. If you don’t want to grind green chilli, use red chilli powder only (2 tsp for 1 cup peas). But grinding the green chillies gives a perfect taste to this sundal
2. Don’t overcook the peas, if it is mushy, it will change the whole texture of the Thenga Manga Pattani sundal.
3. Add Hing and curry leaves generously for tempering.
4. Instead of grating mangoes we can chop as well.
5. For a change you can also use chopped onion, carrot, cucumber also along with raw mangoes.
6. Don’t skip lemon juice as it gives a very good taste.