Kadale bele usli recipe | How to make chana dal sundal | Kadlebele usli
By Latha on August 30th, 2022
Kadle bele or kadale bele usli recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. Kadale bele usli or Chana dal sundal or usli is a very tasty and healthy snacks recipe that can be prepared in very less time. This is a no-onion usli or chana dal palya and is very easy to prepare. You can serve this along with a cup of masala tea.
I have not soaked the kadle bele or chana dal in this recipe. However you can soak the dal for 2 - 3 hours to reduce the cooking time. After soaking you make only one whistle or just cook it using open pot method.
In Karnataka, if salad is prepared using raw soaked dal or lentils then it is called as kosambari. And if salad is prepared using cooked dal or lentils then it is called as usli. I have posted three more usli or sundal recipes like maland style usli or sundal, sour and spicy usli or sundal and avarekalu usli or sundal. All these are very tasty and healthy. Do try them and enjoy!
If you are looking for more salad or raita recipes then do check our Salads-raitas section. Or if you are looking for more snacks recipes then do check our Karnataka snacks recipes section.
I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 2 mins
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 4
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1/2 cup kadale bele
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp urad dal
- 1 - 2 green chili
- 1/2 tsp chopped ginger
- 4 - 5 curry leaves
- A pinch of turmeric powder
- A big pinch of hing or asafoetida
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- 2 tbsp grated coconut
- 1/2 - 1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
- Salt as per your taste
Instructions for making kadale bele usli or chana dal sundal:
- Take chana dal in a pressure cooker and rinse.
- Add in required water (1.5 cups of water for 1/2 cup dal) and cook by making 2 whistles. Dal should be cooked until soft but not mushy.
- Drain the excess water.
- Heat oil in a frying pan and prepare tempering using oil, mustard seeds and urad dal.
- When mustard seed splutters, add in green chili, ginger and curry leaves. Give a quick mix.
- Next add in asafoetida and turmeric powder. Reduce the flame.
- Add in cooked chana dal and salt as per taste. Give a good mix and let it cook.
- Add in coriander leaves and grated coconut. Give a quick mix. Switch off the stove.
- Optionally you can add little lemon juice. Enjoy it with hot masala tea.
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