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    Home » Dals | Lentils & Legumes » Kongu Nadu Style Kollu or Horse Gram Kadaiyal aka Masiyal

    Kongu Nadu Style Kollu or Horse Gram Kadaiyal aka Masiyal

    Posted on July 11, 2016 · Last Updated on November 1, 2020 · By Srividhya G · 30 Comments

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    This Kongu Nadu Style Kollu or Horse Gram Kadaiyal aka Masiyal is a healthy and spicy curry that is the perfect rice accompaniment.

    Serving Kongu Nadu Style Kollu or Horse Gram Kadaiyal aka Masiyal in a mini yellow pan with a spoon on the side

    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.        

    Kongu Nadu Style Kollu or Horse Gram Kadaiyal aka Masiyal prepared in two different vessels and served on a big wooden board

    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)

    Pressure cooking all ingredients in a big pot

    • 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.

    Mashing the insides of the pot creating the needed texture

    • 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.

    Adding the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, hing and red chillies

    • Now add the shallots and remaining garlic cloves and curry leaves.

    Adding the shallots, garlic cloves and curry leaves

    • Cook until the onion turns translucent.

    Cooking all ingredients until the onion turns translucent

    • Then add the cooked horse gram lentil, salt and chopped cilantro.

    Adding 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.

    Mixing well and letting everything simmer

    • 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!

    Opening the pot full of the delicious Kongu Nadu Style Kollu or Horse Gram Kadaiyal aka Masiyal

    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

    Have you made made this recipe?

    If you’ve made this Kongu Nadu Style Kollu recipe, please share your photos with me on Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube or Twitter – I will be delighted to see your results!

    Serving Kongu Nadu Style Kollu or Horse Gram Kadaiyal aka Masiyal in a mini yellow pan with a spoon on the side
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    Kongu Nadu Style Kollu or Horse Gram Kadaiyal aka Masiyal

    This Kongu Nadu Style Kollu or Horse Gram Kadaiyal aka Masiyal is a healthy and spicy curry that is the perfect rice accompaniment.
    Prep Time1 hr
    Cook Time30 mins
    Total Time1 hr 30 mins
    Course: rice accompaniment
    Cuisine: KonguNadu
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 163kcal
    Author: Srividhya G

    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

    Calories: 163kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 929mg | Potassium: 285mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 366IU | Vitamin C: 64mg | Calcium: 85mg | Iron: 3mg

    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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    Filed Under: Dals | Lentils & Legumes Tagged With: Blogging Marathon, Diabetic Friendly recipes, horsegram kadaiyal, horsegram lentil curry, horsegram masiyal, horsegram recipes, how to prepare kollu kadaiyal, how to prepare kollu masiyal, kollu kadaiyal, kollu masiyal, kollu recipes, kongu nadu special, kongunadu cuisine

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    Comments

    1. Pavani says

      August 09, 2016 at 12:32 pm

      That is a very interesting recipe with horse gram. Looks yumm!!

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        August 09, 2016 at 6:23 pm

        Thankooo.. :-)

        Reply
    2. Priya Suresh says

      July 20, 2016 at 12:10 am

      One of the classi dish of Kongu nadu, just love this masiyal to the core.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 20, 2016 at 3:50 pm

        yeah very true. Thanks a lot.

        Reply
    3. ruchi indu says

      July 17, 2016 at 9:17 pm

      wow you have a huge list of kollu recipes. this kadaiyal is new to me. But a definite try…

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 17, 2016 at 9:33 pm

        :-) Thanks a lot Ruchi

        Reply
    4. Smruti | Herbivore Cucina says

      July 15, 2016 at 4:52 pm

      This dish is totally new to me. Looks interesting. And yes, the wooden board is really amazing :)

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 17, 2016 at 9:41 am

        :-) Thankooo Smruti

        Reply
    5. CHCooks says

      July 14, 2016 at 3:38 am

      Such a flavorful masiyal.. love it Sri :)

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 14, 2016 at 9:48 am

        Thanks a lot

        Reply
    6. Rajani says

      July 13, 2016 at 4:22 pm

      This one is totally new for me. Good way to have some horse gram in the diet

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 13, 2016 at 9:34 pm

        Oh yeah absolutely. :-)

        Reply
    7. jayashreetrao says

      July 13, 2016 at 10:09 am

      Nice one Vidhya , even the rasam tastes good

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 13, 2016 at 9:31 pm

        Thanks Jayashree.. :-)

        Reply
    8. Srivalli says

      July 13, 2016 at 1:49 am

      That is surely one healthy one..good..and lovely board..

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 13, 2016 at 8:43 am

        Thanks a lot Valli. :-)

        Reply
    9. Ritu Tangri says

      July 12, 2016 at 11:20 pm

      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.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 13, 2016 at 8:41 am

        yeah.. It doesn’t mash well even after pressure cooking for about 4 to 5 whistles. Thanks a lot

        Reply
    10. Veg Indian Cooking says

      July 12, 2016 at 10:24 pm

      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.??

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 13, 2016 at 8:40 am

        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.

        Reply
        • Veg Indian Cooking says

          July 13, 2016 at 10:59 am

          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

          Reply
          • Srividhya G says

            July 13, 2016 at 9:32 pm

            Hey Deepa, thanks a lot. Will look into it.

            Reply
    11. priyasanthamohan says

      July 12, 2016 at 7:31 pm

      Priya @asmallbite
      Simple yet healthy one,lovely wooden board too…

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 12, 2016 at 10:07 pm

        :-) :-) Thankoooo

        Reply
    12. Padma Veeranki / Masalakorb says

      July 12, 2016 at 12:08 pm

      Wow!!…Loving your kongu nadu series…love this one…simple yet great :)

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 12, 2016 at 2:32 pm

        Thanks a ton. I enjoyed this series too. But yet to explore more recipes.

        Reply
    13. Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says

      July 11, 2016 at 11:05 am

      This dish is so new to me, but looks so enticing, Srividya! PS: Love that wooden board! :)

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 11, 2016 at 11:12 am

        Thanks a lot Anu :-)

        Reply
    14. amrita says

      July 11, 2016 at 10:11 am

      simple and flavourful

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 11, 2016 at 11:11 am

        Thanks :-)

        Reply

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