Kollu / Horse Gram Sundal

     Kollu / Horse gram is a nutrition rich gram and called Horse Gram because of that. In Kongu (Coimbatore) region, kollu paruppu masiyal, kollu rasam and kollu thuvaiyal are very famous. These are surprisingly not famous in Chennai region. To get started on kollu, kollu sundal is a good recipe. Try this for this navratri festival season and then slowly introduce into your family’s diet.

Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Snacks

Preparation Time: 5 mins  | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Yields: ¾ cup

Ingredients:

Horse Gram / Kollu	½ cup
Salt	To taste
To Temper:
Oil	½ tsp
Mustard Seeds	¼ tsp
Cumin Seeds	½ tsp
Curry Leaves	Few pieces
Red Chilli	1
Asafoedita / Hing	¼ tsp
Finely Chopped Onion (optional)	2 tbsp
To Garnish:
Grated Coconut	2 tnsp

Procedure:

1. Wash and soak the horse gram for 6-7 hours or overnight.

2. Pressure cook the horse gram with enough water for 3 whistles in medium flame or until it become tender.

3. After pressure has gone, strain the water completely and keep it aside.

4. Heat the oil in a pan then add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Wait for popping.

5. Then add the curry leaves and broken red chilli. Fry for few seconds.

6. Now add the hing and fry for few more seconds.

7. Add the chopped onion and sauté till they become translucent. (if used)

8. Add the cooked horse gram and salt. Mix them well and close the lid of the pan. Cook in a low flame for 2 mins.

9. Finally add the grated coconut and mix them gently. Transfer it into a serving bowl and serve it hot.

          Healthy and tasty kollu sundal or horse gram sundal is ready.

Note:

1. Used the horse gram cooked water for making horse gram rasam or soup. 

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Horse Gram Rasam / Kollu Rasam

For General Fever and Cold/Cough, Horse Gram Rasam is a good remedy. It is actually a Soup which can be drunk separately just like normal soups. I recommend having this atleast once in a week as it is very good for health.

Ingredients:      

Horse Gram Cooked Water (click here for the recipe)	1 cup
Tomato	1
Tamarind	½ gooseberry size
Homemade Rasam Powder (click here for the recipe)	1 tsp
Salt	As Required
To Temper:
Oil	1 tsp
Mustard Seeds	¼ tsp
Curry Leaves	1 spring
Red Chilly	1
Hing / Asafoedita	1 tsp
Garlic Pods	3
To Garnish:
Coriander leaves	handful

Procedure:

Preparation Procedure:

1. Wash and soak the tamarind in hot water for 2 mins. Then extract the juice from the tamarind using little water.

2. Wash and chop the coriander leaves into small pieces.

3. Cook the horse gram and drain the water from the dal.

4. Wash and chop the tomato into small pieces.

5. Just crush the garlic pods and keep it aside. No need to remove the skin of the garlic pods.

Cooking Procedure:

6. Mix the tamarind puree (from 1), horse gram water, tomato, rasam powder and salt. Add water (1 cup) and mix them well with your hand. Adjust the water level according to your taste.

7. Heat the oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and wait for popping. Then add the curry leaves, red chilly (split into two halves), crushed garlic pods (from 5). Sauté till the garlic pods becomes brown color.

8. Then add the horse gram rasam mixture (from 6) and hing. Keep the flame at simmer. Cook till the rasam become frothy. Switch off the flame when it starts to boil.

9. Put the coriander leaves in the serving bowl, now transfer the rasam into the serving bowl. Immediately close the lid of the bowl. Leave it for 2 mins and then serve.

      Healthy and really yummy rasam is ready.

Note:

1. You can add more horse gram water and reduce the normal water level.

2. Adjust the red chilly level according to your taste.

3. If you don’t have rasam powder, just grind the

( cumin seeds-1/2 tsp, pepper-5, channa dal-1 tsp, coriander seeds – 1 tsp and curry leaves 1 spring ) into a coarse powder and use this instead of rasam powder. 

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1. How to cook horse gram?

2. Horsegram masiyal

3. Horsegram Chutney

4. Horsegram Soup

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Horse Gram Masiyal / Kollu Kadaiyal / Kollu Masiyal

Horse Gram Masiyal is the Horse Gram equivalent of yellow dal maisyal which is very popular; I find it surprising that people outside of Kongu region do not prepare this regularly; This is a very energetic as this was given to Horses earlier for giving them high energy.

Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Kuzhambu

Preparation Time: 10 mins  | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Yields: 1 cup

Ingredients:

Cooked Horsegram / Kollu (click here for the recipe)	1 cup
Onion	¼ cup
Tomato	1 (small size)
Salt	As required
To Temper:
Oil	1 tsp
Mustard Seeds	¼ tsp
Cumin Seeds	1 tsp
Coriander Seeds	½ tsp
Urad Dal	½ tsp
Curry Leaves	1 spring
Red Chilly	1
To Garnish:
Finely Chopped Coriander Leaves	2 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Peel the skin of the onion and wash them well. Then chop them into fine pieces.

2. Wash and chop the tomato into small cubes.

3. Wash and chop the coriander leaves into very fine pieces.

4. Heat the oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and wait for splutter.

5. Then add urad dal, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, red chilly (split it into two halves) and curry leaves. Sauté for a min.

6. Then add the chopped onion (from 1) and fry till the onion becomes translucent.

7. Now add the chopped tomato (from 2) and fry till the tomato becomes mushy.

8. Now add the cooked dal and salt. Add little water and cook for 5 mins.

9. Switch off the flame and add the coriander leaves (from 3). Then blend it into a fine paste using the hand blender or electric blender.

          Serve this masiyal with hot white rice.

Click here for more horse gram / kollu recipes.

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How to cook Horse Gram / Kollu?

Eventhough Kollu based recipes are very traditional and prepared by all, especially in kongu region,  I want to share a simple tip on how to cook the Kollu very soft as this is a very essential.

Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Kitchen Basics

Preparation Time: 5 mins  | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Yields: 1 cup

Ingredients:

Horse gram / Kollu	½ cup
Water	2 Cups
Castor Oil	2 tsp

Procedure:

1. Remove the stones from the horse gram.

2. Wash the horse gram thoroughly, 2 – 3 times.

3. Add the horse gram, 2 cups of water and castor oil in a pressure cooker.

4. Pressure cook the horse gram for 1 whistle in high flame and keep the flame in medium.

5. Then leave it for 3 more whistles. After the pressure has gone, check the horse gram. If it is cooked, then use this for masiyal and rasam.

6. Otherwise,if  it is not cooked well then again do the steps 4 and 5. This time definitely the horse gram cooked well.

7. Drain the water for rasam or soup, and the hores gram for masiyal or thokku or kuruma.

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Horse Gram Chutney / Kollu Thogaiyal

     Horse gram is known to be a healthy ingredient. But not many people know how to make use of it due to lack of popular recipes. Usually we use mashed horse gram for mixing with rice. Horse gram chutney / thogaiyal is an alternative method is equally good in taste. The advantage of this method is that it is easy to prepare than mashed horse gram. Also you can use it along with idli and dosa. Having  horse gram at least once a week is very much recommended.

Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Chutney

                       Preparation Time: 10 mins  | Cooking Time: 7 mins | Yields: 1 cup

Ingredients:

Horse gram	½ cup
Bengal gram / Kadalai paruppu	2 tbsp
Coriander seeds / dhaniya	3 tbsp
Red Chilli	2-3
Cumin seeds	1 tesp
Pepper	1 tesp
Garlic Pods	4
Grated Coconut	3 tbsp
Tamarind	½ gooseberry size
Asafoetida / hing	¼ tesp
Oil	½ tbsp
Salt	To taste

Procedure:

1. Dry roast the horse gram till nice aroma comes out. Keep it aside for cool down.

2. Heat the oil in the same pan, add Bengal gram and fry for ½ min, then add coriander seeds. Fry them till nice aroma comes out.

3. Now add the cumin seeds and pepper corns. Fry for a minute, then add garlic pods and red chillies. Fry them well.

4. Next add tamarind, asafoedita and grated coconut. Mix them well and switch off the flame. Take it out from the pan and allow it to cool down.

4. Grind this mixture using the mixer without water. After half ground, add water little by little and grind into a paste. Do not add more water and also do not grind it into a fine paste.

5. Take it out from the mixer and use. No need to add water. If you use this chutney for idli or dosa, you can wash the mixer with little water and use that water  to liquefy the chutney.

   Healthy and tasty horse gram chutney or kollu thogaiyal is ready to serve.

My other horse gram recipe links are given below. Click on the titles to view them.

1. Mashed horse gram / Kollu masiyal

2. Horse gram soup / Kollu soup

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