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Mochakottai Sundal-Navratri Sundal Recipes

November 23, 2015 28 Comments

Mochakottai is one of my dad’s favourite additions to any gravy or ‘pulusu’ that we make at home. I was home on vacation last week and mom had made ‘mochakottai kozhambu’ with it. There was some left over, so the next day evening, our maid, Mary made this simple, yet extremely popular, tamil preparation with the beans. Was a nice evening snack with some hot tea.

Mochakottai Sundal Recipe

Ingredients:
Mochakottai / Butter Beans – 100gm
Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
Red chillies – 5
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Mustard – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 strand
Oil – 1.5 tbsp
Salt – to taste

How Its Made:

1. Pressure cook the beans till its soft.

2. Heat oil, add mustard seeds and let them cackle. Add the urad dal, red chillies and curry leaves and fry for a min.

3. Add the cooked butter beans, coconut and required salt. Stir well and cook for another 2 mins.

Serve warm with a hot cup of tea/coffee.

Sundal is also prepared as a festive dish in tamil festivals and is more commonly prepared with chickpeas. Check here for Chickpeas Sundal Recipe.

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  1. shobi

    July 2, 2012 at 6:19 pm

    is that the mochai sundal called as butter beans ??? isnt it navy beans
    i thnk butter beans isnt this …. pl correct it if u feel its wrong

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  2. Nags

    April 1, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    Gareth, its totally fine and I appreciate your interest in Indian cuisine. The urad dal mentioned here is the white ones (split and husked). This is the one usually used for tempering (heating in oil with mustard seeds before adding to any kind of curry or gravy).

    The whole black ones are used to make dal makhani (you can find the recipe in this site, please search using search box to the top left). It needs good amount of time to cook if you don't have a pressure cooker, which most Indians use. Feel free to email me as well if you have more questions 🙂

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  3. Nags

    December 9, 2009 at 1:32 am

    Gareth, its totally fine and I appreciate your interest in Indian cuisine. The urad dal mentioned here is the white ones (split and husked). This is the one usually used for tempering (heating in oil with mustard seeds before adding to any kind of curry or gravy).

    The whole black ones are used to make dal makhani (you can find the recipe in this site, please search using search box to the top left). It needs good amount of time to cook if you don't have a pressure cooker, which most Indians use. Feel free to email me as well if you have more questions 🙂

    Reply
  4. Anonymous

    December 8, 2009 at 11:09 am

    Nags, thanks for the quick reply – i posted as "anon" above – i appologise if i'm asking dumb questions but i'm a Welshman and the ingredients and techniques of asian cooking are still a little strange to me.
    when i bought Urad dal there were two types available – black (whole) and white (split and husked) should i have choosen the white? the black ones i used remained inedible!

    thanks, Gareth

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  5. Nags

    December 8, 2009 at 1:43 am

    Hey Anon, the urad dal is used while tempering, which means its lightly fried in the oil along with mustard seeds and then added, which means no advance cooking is required.

    pM – I am so sorry I didn't see your comment before. I don't get mochakkottai in Singapore, atleast, not the fresh ones, but will surely see what I can do, ok? 🙂

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  6. Anonymous

    December 7, 2009 at 10:02 am

    hi, looks nice …but i have a question – does the Urad dal need cooking before its added to this recipe?

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  7. pM

    December 16, 2008 at 6:41 am

    ive been searching all over the net for mochakottai kolambu recipe.can u pls post it?

    Reply
  8. Kajal

    December 12, 2007 at 2:16 am

    This dish looks very delicious with coconut taste. Very nice idea to make simple but delicious dry curry

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  9. Jeena

    December 12, 2007 at 1:05 am

    My hubby loves butter beans this recipe looks great Nags, your blue look blog looks lovely. 🙂

    Reply
  10. Lissie

    December 11, 2007 at 5:14 pm

    the sundal looks delicious! never tried with mochai…

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  11. Swaroopa

    December 11, 2007 at 4:40 pm

    looks gr8!! very tastey & healthy too…

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  12. bindiya

    December 11, 2007 at 1:55 pm

    Butter beans are new to me, could you post a pic of these, sundal looks good!

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  13. sagari

    December 10, 2007 at 11:20 pm

    sundal looks delecious nagsssss

    Reply
  14. Seema

    December 10, 2007 at 10:10 pm

    Nice one nags.. i love Mochakottai! Its a very creamy & buttery flavoured bean i feel…love sundals! With tea, perfect !

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  15. Rina

    December 10, 2007 at 8:29 pm

    Sundal looks gr8, dear.. I like the idea of grated coconut over it.

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  16. Namratha

    December 10, 2007 at 8:07 pm

    Sundal is always so appetizing and a great snack any time of the day…no matter what the contents….this looks delicious! 🙂

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  17. Kribha

    December 10, 2007 at 6:24 pm

    Nags,
    First of all I like your new template. Really yaar. Keep this one. The previous one was very colorful with the flowers but a little childish.
    Sundal used to be my school days fav snack. My mom needn’t worry about what to give me when I came back from school. I would be so happy even if I have it for 365 days. Adding a little bit of hing would enhance the flavor. Your pic looks great. Nice one.

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  18. Mandira

    December 10, 2007 at 6:14 pm

    The sundal looks gorgeous 🙂 but it is the chilly noodles that I have been drooling over. Don’t know how I missed it earlier.

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  19. Sig

    December 10, 2007 at 5:48 pm

    I don’t think I’ve ever had butter beans… but I’ve had a similar version with black channa, and it was delicious… this must have made a great snack with tea…

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  20. Rachel

    December 10, 2007 at 5:02 pm

    This reminds of the sundal that you get at the beaches in madras! never got to eat them though I was tempted to..

    Reply
  21. Seena

    December 10, 2007 at 3:34 pm

    Sundal means thoran?
    Haven’t tried with chickpeas.

    Reply
  22. Laavanya

    December 10, 2007 at 3:31 pm

    My dad loves mochai too.. The sundal looks delish.

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  23. Sandeepa

    December 10, 2007 at 3:03 pm

    Did you change the template again ? I was thinking I am at the wrong blog 🙂 The sundal looks gorgeous

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  24. Meera

    December 10, 2007 at 1:57 pm

    Really delicious! Yum! I also liked the “translation” option on your blog. That makes it so global. Good job!

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  25. indosungod

    December 10, 2007 at 1:39 pm

    Mochakottai is one of my favorite beans, the sundal looks fantastic.

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  26. ushaprashanth

    December 10, 2007 at 5:35 pm

    Hi !
    You can put some asafoetida too for some fragrance!! sundal looks lovely!

    Reply
  27. VegeYum @ A Life (Time) of Cooking

    December 10, 2007 at 9:10 am

    I had wondered whether mochakottai were butter beans. You have confirmed it! Now I feel save trying recipes using those beans.

    VegeYum

    Reply
  28. RAKS KITCHEN

    December 10, 2007 at 8:28 am

    Mochakottai sundal looks very tempting…If you give it I can finish it off right now;D

    Reply

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