Kollu thuvayal or kollu paruppu is my mil's signature recipe. She prepared this last week and I clicked the snaps. This kollu thuvayal can be eaten by mixing with rice and ghee or oil. With the kollu water, I prepared the kollu rasam which I already posted. There are so many health benefits of kollu and it is very useful in weight loss. Also I already Kollu rasam and Kollu sundal. My MIL says there is another version also in this, which we will see later. Now we will see this simple version kollu thuvayal.

How to make Kollu thuvayal / Horse gram thogayal

Preparation time: 15 min | Process Time: 5 min | Serves: 3

Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

Horse gram / Kollu - 1/2 cup or 5 tbsp

Coriander seeds - 1 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Dry red chilli - 2 ( or adjust according to your spice level )

Salt - as per taste

Oil - 1/4 tsp

Water - to cook horse gram

Method

1. Take all the ingredients except salt and dry fry the kollu first till it becomes brown colour.

2. Pressure Cook the fried kollu with 1.5 cups of water for 4 to 5 whistles. Drain the water. Use the drained water to make Kollu Rasam.

3. While cooking the horse gram, in another pan add oil and the remaining ingredients except salt. Fry for 2 min or till nice aroma comes.

4. Transfer all the contents with the kollu or horse gram and salt to the food processor or mixer grinder and grind to a coarse paste. If needed add little water.

5. Kollu thuvayal is ready. Mix it with hot white rice and add gingelly oil or ghee and eat it.

Notes:

1. This chilli is very spicy and I added only two of them. You can add more if you want. But adjust according to your tolerance.

2. If you want you can add 3 small shallots and 5 to 6 curry leaves while frying the ingredients in oil and grind together.

Healthy and tasty Kollu thuvayal is ready

How to make Kollu Sundal / Horse Gram Sundal Recipe:

In my previous post we saw how to make Horse gram Rasam and also discussed about the health benefits of the Horse gram. With those leftover cooked Horsegram now we will see how to make yet another healthy and easy Horse gram sundal. You can also check how to prepare Kollu thuvayal here.

Soaking time: 8hrs/5 hrs in hot water | Preparation time: 05 min | Cook Time: 15 min | Serves:4
Recipe Category: Snacks | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

Horsegram - 1 cup

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - a pinch

Black gram / urud dal - 1/4 tsp

Dried red chillies - 2

Grated Coconut - 1 tsp ( optional )

Curry leaves - few

Salt - as per taste

Asafoetida - a pinch

Method
1. Horsegram / kollu is bit a hard gram. So we need to soak it overnight for good resuts. If cannot, soak in hotwater for 4 hrs, changing hot water on every hour.

2. Discard the drained water and add fresh water and pressure cook it for 4 whistles. If you can able to smash it, by pressing it hard, then it is cooked perfectly.

3. Now drain this water and keep the drained horsegram separately and water separately. Use this water for Horsegram rasam and the horsegram we are going to do horsegram sundal now.

4. Take a vessel and heat oil. Once it is hot add the mustard seeds, black gram. When they turn to slight brown, add the red chillies, n curry leaves and fry for a minute.