Nuchinunde | Steamed Lentil Balls | Karnataka Special
Nuchinunde is a Karnataka breakfast of steamed lentil balls made with toor dal and chana dal. A wholesome, no rice, protein rich dish.
Servings 5 people
Calories 194kcal
Equipment
- Steamer or pressure cooker
Ingredients
- ¾ cup Tuvar dal/Split Pigeon Peas/Thuvaram Paruppu
- ¾ cup Chana dal/gram dal/Kadalai paruppu
- 5-6 red chilies round variety
- 1 inch piece of ginger
- ¼ cup of shredded carrots optional
- handful of coriander leaves
- 2 strands of curry leaves
- 1 large onion chopped fine
- ½ teaspoon of hing
- ¼ teaspoon haldi
- ¾ teaspoon salt or to taste
Instructions
- Wash and soak both the dals together for 2-3 hours.
- Drain well, add chilies and ginger to this and pulse it to make a coarse paste in a mixer, without adding any water.
- The dal mixture has to be coarsely ground, not to a fine paste. Fine paste will alter the taste and texture of this dish and make it dense.
- If the dals are soaked well, you wont be needing any water at all. Just take care not to run the mixie continuously, just pulse.
- Remove the coarsely ground dal to a wide bowl, add chopped onion, chopped coriander leaves, shredded carrots, hing, haldi and salt. Mix well.
- Make ping-ping sized balls of the mixture and steam cook it for 10 minutes.
- Once done, remove it from the steamer and serve warm with majjige huli/more kuzhambu or Neer majjige.
Nutrition
Calories: 194kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.05g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 376mg | Potassium: 207mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1514IU | Vitamin C: 75mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 2mg