Kollu Thogayal | Kaanam Thuvaiyal | Horsegram Thuvayal

Kollu Thogayal or Kaanam Thuvayal is a wonderful side dish which tastes excellent with any tamarind based food. It goes well with tamarind rice, pulikuzhambu, vendhaya kuzhambu etc. It is also a good weight loss recipe.

Kollu Thugayal

Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Thugayal

Prep Time: 10 mins | Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Splitted Horsegram / Kollu / Kaanam - 1/2 cup

Grated Coconut - 2 tblspn

Red chilli - 6

Garlic - 3

Tamarind - 1/2 inch piece

Curry leaves - a sprig

Salt - to taste

Method:

Take all the ingredients in a mixer and grind it to a coarse powder.

Add 2 to 3 tblspn of water and grind again. Check salt and add if required.

Serve with tamarind rice, vendhaya kuzhambu or plain rice.

Notes:

• Grind to a smooth powder before adding water to it. Once water is added it will be difficult to grind.
• It is a good combo for tamarind based curry.

Pictorial:

Roast the kollu till it changes color over medium heat

Cool it

Split with the help of mortar and blow off the excess skin

Take little kollu and keep ready the ingredients for kollu thuvayal

Take everything in a blender and blend till you smooth powder

Make sure to grind to a smooth powder before adding water. Once water is added the kollu will not grind properly

Add 2 to 3 tablespoon of water and blend again

Kollu thuvayal goes excellent with tamarind based food like puli kuzhambu, tamarind rice etc