As Navratri season, I have been trying out sundal and sweet recipes as offering to Goddess. I have shared few sundal recipes, and now this is a new entry to my sundal list – Peanut Sundal / Nilakadalai sundal. Let us move on to the recipe…

Do check out my other sundal in this link: https://madraasi.com/recipes/breakfast-dinner/.

Nilakadalai / Peanut Sundal

Ingredients:

• Raw peanuts / Nilakadalai – 1 cup
• Oil – 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds – a pinch
• Split Blackgram – a pinch
• Curry leaves – a sprig
• Red chilies – 3 nos

Preparation:

• Pressure-cook the peanuts/nilakadalai in water for 5 whistles.
• Remove the lid when the pressure subsides, drain the water and keep the peanuts aside.
• Heat oil in a kadai, add in mustard seeds, split black gram, red chilies and curry leaves. Wait until they crackle.
• Add in the peanuts/nilakadalai, stir it for few mins.
• Add in the grated coconut along with required amount of salt and cook until the raw smell goes off.
• Transfer to a bowl.

Serve hot. This goes out well for breakfast or tea-time snack, also done as offering for goddess in times of Navratri.