Andhra Pradesh

Kandi pachadi

Name: Kandi pachadi
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Andhra
Ingredients: 1/2 cup toor dal (split pigeon peas); 4 dried red chilli; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 5 cloves garlic; a small piece tamarind; 2 tsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; a few curry leaves; 1/3 cup water; Salt, to taste

Roasted toor dal ground with chilli and garlic. Hot rice, ghee and this, nothing else.

15 minTime

4 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayRoasted kandi pappu, garlic and red chilli.

The original

84kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

15minutessame

Kandi pachadi as Andhra homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Toor dal (split pigeon peas)½ cup

Dried red chilli4

Cumin seeds1 tsp

Garlic5 cloves

Tamarinda small piece

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Curry leavesa few

Water⅓ cup

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Dry roast toor dal on low heat until golden and fragrant.
2Roast chillies and cumin briefly.
3Grind dal to a coarse powder, then add chillies, cumin, garlic, tamarind, salt and water and grind to a coarse paste.
4Temper mustard and curry leaves in oil and pour over.

Serve it like this

Serve a spoonful beside hot rice with ghee, followed by rasam or pulusu.

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Kandi pachadi

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