RED CHANNA CHUNDAL(CHANA UPKARI)

This is a simple Channa recipe with less masala and lot of coconut.it is so delicious and you can have it as a evening tiffin.mostly we make this dish with rice . But when some religious functions comes we make this as one of the tiffin items.

ingredients

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Channa - 500g

coconut -1/4

for seasoning

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coconut oil -2tsp

mustard -1tsp

jeera -1/4 tsp

green chillies -2 nos

curry patha - 1 stick

hing -little

pepper powder -1/2tsp

salt -to taste

method

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soak Channa overnight with little baking soda.{so that it will cook very easily}. next day pressure cook the Channa with salt .take 2 or 3 whistle in the cooker .heat oil in a kadai ,put mustard, when it splutters add jeera, green chillies, curry patha, and pepper powder.add cooked Channa with the water( in which it cooked).keep it on the fire till the water evaporates.then add the greated coconut and hing and stir it well.serve hot......

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