Chettinad Style Chickens Togayal Recipe (Horsegram Chutney)
A high protein Chettinad recipe with horse gram dal (kollu/ kulith), dry red chillies, cloves garlic. Ready in 25 min, serves 4.
Curated byRamesh Kumar🇮🇳
Instructions
16 steps- 1
To begin making Chettinadu Style Kollu Thogayal, dry roast the kollu in low flame on a heavy bottomed pan for few minutes
- 2
Switch off the flame once you get the aromas of the lentil
- 3
Once roasted, let it cool
- 4
Add the roasted kollu to pressure cooker along with enough water to cover the amount of kollu in the vessel
- 5
Pressure cook for 3 whistles
- 6
Once the pressure releases naturally, drain excess water into a bowl
- 7
You can use this kollu water for making rasam or add it while grinding chutney
- 8
Heat a heavy bottomed pan with oil, add Cumin seeds and whole black pepper seeds
cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)whole black peppercorns(1/2 teaspoon)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon) - 9
Once it splutters, add red chilli, garlic and onion on a medium flame
cloves garlic(10)onion - medium size(1) - 10
Saute until the onion turns translucent
onion - medium size(1) - 11
Add tamarind to the mixture, switch off and allow it to cool
tamarind - gooseberry sized(20 grams) - 12
Once this mixture cools, add it to mixer along with cooked kollu and required amount of salt
salt - as required - 13
Add a little filtered kollu water and grind into coarse paste
- 14
In a tempering pan, heat one teaspoon oil and add mustard seeds and curry leaves to oil and allow them to crackle
cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon)sprig curry leaves(1) - 15
Once it stops crackling add it to the chutney and stir well
- 16
Serve Chettinadu Style Kollu Thogayal with hot rice and Homemade Ghee and Veppam Poo Rasam Recipe to make it a brilliant lunch for a busy day
Rate this recipe
You might also like
Scan to Cook
Open this recipe page on your phone instantly by scanning the QR code.
Chettinad Style Chickens Togayal Recipe (Horsegram Chutney)
A high protein Chettinad recipe with horse gram dal (kollu/ kulith), dry red chillies, cloves garlic. Ready in 25 min, serves 4.
Curated byRamesh Kumar🇮🇳
Estimated Nutrition Highlights
Interactive Servings Scaler
Scale the servings dynamically to update the ingredient checklist counts.
Ingredients Checklist
Directions
16 steps- 1
To begin making Chettinadu Style Kollu Thogayal, dry roast the kollu in low flame on a heavy bottomed pan for few minutes
- 2
Switch off the flame once you get the aromas of the lentil
- 3
Once roasted, let it cool
- 4
Add the roasted kollu to pressure cooker along with enough water to cover the amount of kollu in the vessel
- 5
Pressure cook for 3 whistles
- 6
Once the pressure releases naturally, drain excess water into a bowl
- 7
You can use this kollu water for making rasam or add it while grinding chutney
- 8
Heat a heavy bottomed pan with oil, add Cumin seeds and whole black pepper seeds
cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)whole black peppercorns(1/2 teaspoon)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon) - 9
Once it splutters, add red chilli, garlic and onion on a medium flame
cloves garlic(10)onion - medium size(1) - 10
Saute until the onion turns translucent
onion - medium size(1) - 11
Add tamarind to the mixture, switch off and allow it to cool
tamarind - gooseberry sized(20 grams) - 12
Once this mixture cools, add it to mixer along with cooked kollu and required amount of salt
salt - as required - 13
Add a little filtered kollu water and grind into coarse paste
- 14
In a tempering pan, heat one teaspoon oil and add mustard seeds and curry leaves to oil and allow them to crackle
cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon)sprig curry leaves(1) - 15
Once it stops crackling add it to the chutney and stir well
- 16
Serve Chettinadu Style Kollu Thogayal with hot rice and Homemade Ghee and Veppam Poo Rasam Recipe to make it a brilliant lunch for a busy day
Rate this recipe
You might also like · Chettinad
Chettinad Vegetable Biryani Recipe
⏱️ 55 min
Chettinad Prawn Curry Recipe
⏱️ 45 min
Kathirikai Sundakkai Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe
⏱️ 35 min
Chettinad Style Brinjal And Potato Mash Recipe
⏱️ 35 min
Palakatti Chettinad Curry Recipe -Chettinad Style Paneer Kurma Recipe
⏱️ 50 min
Spicy Chettinad Fish Fry Recipe
⏱️ 60 min