Kollu Thogayal is an easy rice accompaniment that can be prepared within 20 minutes. Kollu Thogayal is good for weight loss. Healthy horse gram is often less popular because of the aftertaste when it is cooked. This thogayal is prepared by sauting horse gram and tastes good. Ever since my childhood days Thogayal is is one of my favorite rice accompaniments. Easy to prepare- tastes delicious. Except for Paruppu Thogayal and Channa dal Thogayal, most of the Thogayal varieties have urad dal but based on the key ingredients each Thogayal tastes differently. Recently I have started including protein in my every day diet. Among all the lentils, kollu is one ingredient I recently started using. Usually, I make Rasam and sundal with kollu. A few years back when I was focusing on weight loss my Amma suggested to me this Thogayal. It reminded me of Paruppu Thogayal
Ginger gives a nice flavor to the kollu Thogayal. Though Horse gram is used for the Thogayal no need to soak it. Kollu Thogayal can be instantly prepared. It takes less than 10 minutes for cooking. Thogayal needs about 10 minutes resting to cool down and within 30 minutes healthy rice accompaniment is ready, If you are preparing Kollu Thogayal for lunch. Kollu podi can be made the previous night or in the morning. Just before lunchtime add some water and mix; Thuvaiyal is ready. If you are planning to keep kollu podi for a few days roast the coconut for a longer time and the podi stays good for weeks. https://youtu.be/MHAImpksbCg Horse gram in other languages - Muthira | Kulthi | Ulavalu | Madras gram
Other Thogayal recipes Kollu rasam Ingredients: Kollu - 1/3 cup Oil - 1/4 teaspoon + a few drops Urad dal whole - 1 tablespoon + 1 tsp Pepper -4 Ginger - 1/2 tbsp Red Chilli - 1 Hing generous pinch Salt required How to make Kollu Thogayal with step-by-step pictures: :
Add a few drops of oil, urad dal, pepper, and red Chilli. Sauté till the dal turns golden brown
Add ginger and give a quick sauté
Transfer the sautéd mixture to a plate and let it cool down In the same pan add oil and kollu;sauté
Cook till the kollu splutter. Switch off Add coconut and stir 2/3 times. Let everything cool down
Transfer the mixture into a mixie jar and grind them into a fine powder without adding water
Add a generous pinch of hing and required salt Pulse once and transfer into a wide bowl Add little water and mix well. Make a thick Thogayal
