This is my 999th post, i can't believe that tomorrow is going to my 1000th post. And it is going to a special recipe so wait for it. This chutney is a healthy one, if you want to reduce your weight and you are in diet. Then include horse gram in your diet. It is super ingredients that helps in weight loss. My grandma used to make this often. She also makes a instant powder using this. I will post them soon.
Preparation Time : 5 mins
Resting Time : 15 mins
Serves - 4 to 5
Ingredients:
Horse Gram / Kollu / Kanam - 1 cup
Coconut - 3 tblspn
Garlic - 2 cloves
Dry Red Chilli - 1
Salt to taste
Water as needed
Method:
Dry roast horsegram till it is light golden. Remove that to a bowl and wash the well.
Soak them in water for 10 mins.
Now in a blender. Add coconut, garlic and dry chilli. Now add in the drained horse gram, season with salt.
Grind this to a chutney adding some water.
Remove this to a serving dish.
Pictorial:
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| This is roasted horsegram |
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| Wash it and Take that in a bowl |
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| Cover it with water |
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| In a blender, add coconut |
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| Couple of garlic cloves |
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| Add in dry chilli |
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| Add the soaked dal |
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| Add some salt |
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| Puree them |
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| Serve |
sailee ghorpade
thiis is easy and can be used as dip also
bt what is horse gram ? never heard of it
Aarthi
@sailee ghorpadeIt is a type of grain which is great for reducing fat level, control bp, cholestrol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_gram
Jaleela Kamal
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Navya
I have horse gram at home that I usually use to prepare horse gram rasam (traditional kannada recipe) and that takes elaborate effort - now I have a simple recipe to utilize the leftover grains! Looking forward to your other podi recipe using horsegram too !!!
smithamenon
Aarthi,
I have been following your blog for couple of months now. Love your Horsegram thokku. That is one recipe I like with horsegram, have tried couple of others. Your pictures also help us understand how it should look at each step. Thanks and keep cooking.
Unknown
Great Recipes luv it