Recipe- Healthy And Vegan Navy Beans Sundal Salad

This Asian snack called navy beans Sundal recipe is a healthy vegan salad that can be made within minutes! This high protein vegan snack is from the South of India. Sundal recipe, a very nutritious vegan salad is a dish where navy beans are cooked and then tossed in a flavorful seasoning. It's very healthy, easy and very delicious to taste!

Sundal is a traditional and authentic South Indian snack. Sundal can be prepared with any kind of pulse/legume or bean. It's a simple yet tasteful Asian snack made with few ingredients! In South of India, we serve Sundal as prasadam in temples, it's eaten as a street food snack especially on the beach, its also made during the Hindu festival Navratri and offered as snacks for guests.

Ingredients

To cook the navy beans

1 cup dry navy beans
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
salt as required

To make coconut paste

1/3 cup shredded coconut
2-3 dried red chillies
3 tbsp split chickpeas/chana dal

To prepare the Sundal

1 tsp oil
2 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp urad dal
cilantro for garnish

Method

To cook the navy beans

- Soak dry navy beans overnight. Drain the water the next day, add fresh water.

- Boil soaked navy beans, al dente in salt + turmeric water. Strain and keep it aside.

To make coconut paste

- Dry roast shredded coconut, dried red chillies, chana dal lentils/split chickpeas and curry leaves till the lentils turn light golden brown.

- Transfer to a blender and grind to a coarse paste. Add little water if needed.

To prepare the Sundal

- Heat oil in a skillet. Once it's hot, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.

- Once they begin to crackle, add urad dal (black gram lentil) and saute till it turns golden.

- Then add the ground paste and continue to saute for 30 seconds.

- Add the cooked navy beans and give it a light mix so that the coconut mixture coats it well.

- Garnish this vegan salad with chopped cilantro and serve immediately. You can also garnish it with chopped raw mango for that extra zing.