Thengai Pottukadalai Thogayal | Thengai Thuvaiyal | Thogayal Recipe

Thengai Pottukadalai Thuvaiyal, a delicious and quick to make thuvaiyal/thogayal from coconut and roasted chana dal. 

Next to coriander/thogamalli thogayal, this is my another favorite thuvaiyal, i love to have them with simple rice and rasam or you can have this as side dish for kootan soru( famous combination from our native.) or any variety like puliyodharai/lemon rice.

Making thogayal using mixie/blender is a bit tricky, even a slight increase of water makes it as chutney instead of thogayal. After few initial trials, now i can make thick thogayal using mixie, the key is to add a tsp of water at a time to get the exact texture as using "Ammi"( a indian hand mortar & pestle ).Now let's checkout the recipe.

Thengai Pottukadalai Thuvaiyal

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Thuvaiyal | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
Coconut - 1/4 cup
Pottukadalai/Split roast gram dal - 1/4 cup
Green Chili -1
Garlic - 1 pod
Tamarind - a pinch
Salt - to taste

Thengai Pottukadalai Thogayal | Thengai Thuvaiyal | Thogayal Recipe Thengai Pottukadalai Thuvaiyal, a delicious and quick to make thuvaiyal/thogayal from coconut and roasted chana dal.

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Procedure

Take the coconut in the mixie/blender jar, add green chili, garlic and tamarind into the jar and run the mixie till it becomes coarse.

Now add the pottukadalai & salt in to jar and   run the mixie till it all mix together.

Scrape the sides of the jar, add little water and run mixie till it comes together as thuvaiyal consistency.

Now Thuvaiyal/Thogayal is ready to serve.

Related:How to make Mango Thokku

Notes:

• Adjust the green chili as per your taste.
• Add little by little water to get perfect consistency.Else it became like chutney.
  

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Masala Pori | Masala Murmura | Masala Puffed Rice

Masala Pori, a quick fix for evening snack can be prepared within 5 mins.As i mentioned in my "pori unrundai" post, in recent times, i have been making this masala pori a lot for our evening tea on weekends.It's very easy to make and completely gluten free snack  and also i found it as great alternative to pop corn to munch on while watching tv without any guilt of having more.

Now let's see how to make this delicious snack.

Masala Pori

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 05 mins | Serves : 3 
Recipe Category: Snacks | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
Pori/Puffed Rice/Murmura - 11/2 cup
Roasted chana dal - 3 tbsp
Peanut - 2 tbsp
Garlic - 1 crushed
Curry leaves - few
Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp
Red chili powder - 1/8 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - 1tbsp

Procedure

Keep all the ingredients ready.Heat oil in a pan, add the roasted chana dal & peanut and roast till it slightly changes its color.

Then add the crushed garlic and curry leaves, saute till the garlic becomes fragrant,then keep the flame in low and add the turmeric ,red chili powder & salt. Mix it well.

Add pori and give a good mix till all the masala coats well with the pori. Switch off the flame.

That's crispy and tasty Masala pori is ready.(A quick reel on how to make masala pori)

Related : How to make Pori Urundai 

Notes:

• As per your preference, you can add more or less roasted chana dal & peanuts.
• If you wish, you can add 2 tsp of cashews too.
• Adjust the spices as per your taste. Instead of red chili powder, you can add pepper powder too.

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