This Kongu Nadu Style Kollu or Horse Gram Kadaiyal aka Masiyal is a healthy and spicy curry that is the perfect rice accompaniment.
Kongu Nadu Style Kollu
Kollu kadaiyal or kollu Masiyal prepared with horse gram is yet another unique recipe from the Kongu Nadu. It’s a spicy curry loaded with the flavors of cumin and coriander and needless to say it’s healthy too. A perfect rice accompaniment and also can be used as a side for the Arisi Paruppu Saadam that I posted yesterday.
Just last week I posted a kollu recipe (Kollu Rasam with kollu rasam podi) and here I am back with yet another kollu recipe. According to Ayur help, horse gram (high in pretein and fiber and less carbs) reduces body fat which in turn helps to reduce obesity. I came across yet another site which has the nutritional values, who can consume and other benefits of horse gram But one thing to be noted is this lentil increases the body heat so make sure you balance your diet with other cooling food.
Here are some of my horse gram recipes that I posted previously…
- Sundal – Kollu/Horsegram
- Thuvaiyal/Chutney – Kollu/Horsegram
- Rasam 1 (with cooked horse gram) – Kollu/Horsegram
- Kollu/Horsegram Rasam
- Rasam Podi – Kollu/Horsegram
And here comes my 6th horse gram dal recipe, which is the Kongu Nadu special kollu kadaiyal.
Kongu Nadu Style Kollu Recipe
Ingredients:
- Horse gram / Kollu – ½ cup
- Water – 3 cups
- Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
- Green Chilly – 1
- Garlic Cloves – 2+ 2
- Oil – 3 tsps
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds – 2 tsps
- Coriander Seeds – 2 tsps
- Hing – ½ tsp
- Red Chillies – 3
- Salt – 1.5 tsps
- Shallots – 7
- Curry leaves – 1 strand
- Chopped Cilantro – 2 tbsps
Prep – Work
- Wash the horse gram and pressure cook it by adding 3 cups of water along with turmeric powder, 2 garlic cloves and green chilly. (I broke it into two pieces)
- Let it pressure cook for up to 5 to 6 whistles.
- Let it cool down and I drained about 1.5 cups of cooked horse gram dal water and set it aside. You can use this for preparing horse gram dal rasam. This rasam doesn’t use the horse gram dal rasam podi and you can find the recipe here.
- Peel and chop the shallots into halves.
Preparing the Kadaiyal | Masiyal
- Heat the kadai and add oil.
- Once the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, hing, red chillies (break them into two) and fry for about 2 minutes.
- Now add the shallots and remaining garlic cloves and curry leaves.
- Cook until the onion turns translucent.
- Then add the cooked horse gram lentil, salt and chopped cilantro.
- Mix them well and let it simmer for about 5 to 7 minutes. By now all the should have evaporated. (Little bit of water is fine)
- Turn off the heat and let this dal mix cool for about half an hour.
- As horse gram dal doesn’t mash and blend along, we need to coarsely grind it. So once the dal mixture is cooled down, coarsely grind it.
That’s it. Kadaiyal is ready!
Method 2:
- After the shallots turns translucent you can turn off the heat and let this mixture cool.
- Then grind this and the cooked dal along with salt. Make sure all the ingredients incorporate well.
- And that’s it. Kadaiyal is ready.
Notes:
- Adjust the salt and spices according to your preference.
- You can prepare the kadaiyal either via method 1 or method 2.
- Upto 7 garlic cloves can be used for this recipe.
Enjoying Kongu Nadu Style Kollu? You will love these, too:
- Paruppu Kadaiyal | Toor Dal Tadka
- Instant Pot Mashed Green Gram Dal | Pachai Payaru Masiyal
- Kollu Rasam / Horsegram dhal rasam
- Horse Gram Dal Rasam with Home made Rasam Powder | Kollu Rasam
- Kollu Sundal | Horse Gram Stirfry
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Kongu Nadu Style Kollu or Horse Gram Kadaiyal aka Masiyal
Ingredients
- ½ cup Horse gram / Kollu
- 3 cups Water
- ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 Green Chilly
- 2 Garlic Cloves + 2
- 3 tsps Oil - 3 tsps
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 2 tsps Cumin Seeds
- 2 tsps Coriander Seeds
- ½ tsp Hing
- 3 Red Chillies
- 1.5 tsps Salt
- 7 Shallots
- 1 strand Curry leaves
- 2 tbsps Chopped Cilantro
Instructions
- Prep - Work
- Wash the horse gram and pressure cook it by adding 3 cups of water along with turmeric powder, 2 garlic cloves and green chilly. (I broke it into two pieces)
- Let it pressure cook for up to 5 to 6 whistles.
- Let it cool down and I drained about 1.5 cups of cooked horse gram dal water and set it aside. You can use this for preparing horse gram dal rasam. (This rasam doesn’t use the horse gram dal rasam podi and you can find the recipe here)
- Peel and chop the shallots into halves.
- Preparing the Kadaiyal | Masiyal: (How I did)
- Heat the kadai and add oil.
- Once the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, hing, red chillies (break them into two) and fry for about 2 minutes.
- Now add the shallots and remaining garlic cloves and curry leaves.
- Cook until the onion turns translucent.
- Then add the cooked horse gram lentil, salt and chopped cilantro.
- Mix them well and let it simmer for about 5 to 7 minutes. By now all the should have evaporated. (Little bit of water is fine)
- Turn off the heat and let this dal mix cool for about 20 minutes.
- As horse gram dal doesn’t mash and blend along, we need to coarsely grind it. So once the dal mixture is cooled down, coarsely grind it.
- That’s it. Kadaiyal is ready.
Method 2
- After the shallots turns translucent you can turn off the heat and let this mixture cool.
- Then grind this and the cooked dal along with salt. Make sure all the ingredients incorporate well.
Notes
- Adjust the salt and spices according to your preference.
- You can prepare the kadaiyal either via method 1 or method 2.
- Up to 7 garlic cloves can be used for this recipe.
Nutrition
I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.
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That is a very interesting recipe with horse gram. Looks yumm!!
Thankooo.. :-)
One of the classi dish of Kongu nadu, just love this masiyal to the core.
yeah very true. Thanks a lot.
wow you have a huge list of kollu recipes. this kadaiyal is new to me. But a definite try…
:-) Thanks a lot Ruchi
This dish is totally new to me. Looks interesting. And yes, the wooden board is really amazing :)
:-) Thankooo Smruti
Such a flavorful masiyal.. love it Sri :)
Thanks a lot
This one is totally new for me. Good way to have some horse gram in the diet
Oh yeah absolutely. :-)
Nice one Vidhya , even the rasam tastes good
Thanks Jayashree.. :-)
That is surely one healthy one..good..and lovely board..
Thanks a lot Valli. :-)
Now I know what I can do with horse gram that my friend brought for me but nobody in my family likes it. Grinding horse gram is a good option.
yeah.. It doesn’t mash well even after pressure cooking for about 4 to 5 whistles. Thanks a lot
Me and my sister, we both love to explore healthy food options and few days ago i had long chat with her on health benefits of Horse gram as one of her office colleague shared healthy milk powder made with horse gram and daliya mix for toddler as best food and she suggested me to try horse gram. Now that I’ve this recipe I’m going to buy this grain and try very soon. Thank you so much vidya.??
Wow milk powder with horse gram ? sounds very interesting. Please do try Deepa. There are few other horsegram recipes too in my blog. Love this lentil.
Yes, I was referring to this recipe..
Luckily i got this for my sister so bookmarked…
Recipe link
http://www.gkfooddiary.com/2015/07/homemade-cerelac-for-babies-sathu-maavu.html
Hey Deepa, thanks a lot. Will look into it.
Priya @asmallbite
Simple yet healthy one,lovely wooden board too…
:-) :-) Thankoooo
Wow!!…Loving your kongu nadu series…love this one…simple yet great :)
Thanks a ton. I enjoyed this series too. But yet to explore more recipes.
This dish is so new to me, but looks so enticing, Srividya! PS: Love that wooden board! :)
Thanks a lot Anu :-)
simple and flavourful
Thanks :-)