--- title: "Mochakottai Sundal-Navratri Sundal Recipes" url: https://www.cookingandme.com/mochakottai-sundalbutter-beans-tempered/ date: 2007-12-10 modified: 2015-11-23 lang: en author: "nags" description: "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..." categories: - "Dry Vegetarian Side Dishes" - "Navaratri Recipes" - "Snacks and Appetisers" - "Tamil Recipes" - "Uncategorized" word_count: 192 --- # Mochakottai Sundal-Navratri Sundal Recipes 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](https://www.cookingandme.com/2010/04/kadalai-sundal-recipe-chickpeas-sundal.html)**.