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Healthy Food Recipes - Kollu Thogayal (Horse gram Chutney)!

Posted on: 30/Jan/2015 12:35:07 PM
Ingredients
  • Kollu (Horse gram) - 1 cup
  • Bengal Gram 1 spoon
  • Urad Dal 2 spoons
  • Curry Leaves a few
  • Cooking oil 3 spoons
  • Salt As required
  • Mustard Seeds spoon
  • Cumin seeds spoon
  • Coconut a small piece
  • Asafoetida a pinch
  • Tamarind a small lemon size (about 10 grams)
  • Red Chilli 3 nos
Method:
  1. Heat the dry pan and dry toast the Horse gram (Kollu), till you get the roasted smell. Then switch off the flame and keep aside in a separate plate to cool.



  2. Again heat the pan with 2 spoons of oil and add Urad dal, Bengal gram, and red chilli and fry all till the grams turns golden brown.



  3. Grind the roasted horse gram and the gram mixture in a mixer. In the half way through add salt, coconut and tamarind and grind it to a well ground paste.


  4. Heat the pan with 1 spoon of oil and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, asafoetida for tempering and drop it on top of the thogayal.





  5. Yummy Kollu Thogayal is ready! Serve this as a side dish for rice or idli or dosai. It is simple to prepare and better choice when we run out of veggies.
Health Benefits of Horse Gram (Kollu):
  • Aids in digestion.
  • It holds little carbohydrate and rich in fibre, iron and calcium.
  • Helps in lowering body cholesterol levels.
  • Reduce body fat and there by best fit to incorporated in your diet when you are in the plan of weight loss.
  • Assists in augmenting haemoglobin level in the blood.
  • It also, aids in recovering from irregular menstruation cycle.
  • But be aware, people suffering from tuberculosis, need to avoid consuming horse gram.
  • Also, it is recommended that pregnant ladies should avoid incorporating horse gram in their diet.
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Mrs. Lavanya Sampath