Andhra Style Kandi Pachadi Recipe (Masoor Dal Chutney Recipe)

A delicacy from Andhra, made from roasted masoor dal, urad dal and dry red chillies and ground.

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Andhra Style Kandi Pachadi Recipe (Masoor Dal Chutney Recipe)
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Andhra Style Kandi Pachadi Recipe (Masoor Dal Chutney Recipe) is a delicacy from Andhra. The chutney is made from roasted masoor dal, urad dal and dry red chillies and ground along with roasted gram and tamarind to make a coarse chutney. Then the chutney is tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves.

Serve the Andhra Style Kandi Pachadi Recipe with Homemade Crispy Ghee Roast Dosas and Spicy Crunchy Masala Idli Recipe to enjoy your morning breakfast.

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Cuisine: Andhra
Course: South Indian Breakfast
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep in

0 M

Cooks in

20 M

Total in

20 M

Makes:

4 Servings

Ingredients

    To Roast
  • 1 cup Masoor Dal (Whole)
  • 3 Dry Red Chillies
  • Other Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup Roasted Gram Dal (Pottukadalai)
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
  • 18 grams Tamarind
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • Salt , to taste
  • To temper
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
  • 1 teaspoon White Urad Dal (Split)
  • 2 Dry Red Chillies
  • 1 sprig Curry leaves
  • 1 pinch Asafoetida (hing)
  • Oil

How to make Andhra Style Kandi Pachadi Recipe (Masoor Dal Chutney Recipe)

  1. To begin making the Andhra Style Kandi Pachadi Recipe, heat a flat skillet with oil, add the masoor dal and cumin seeds and roast until they become light brown.

  2. Add the urad dal and dry red chilli at the end and fry until the chillies crisp up.

  3. Once done, cool it down and grind it along with tamarind, garlic into a smooth paste by adding water.

  4. To temper, heat a small tempering pan and add mustard seeds and urad dal and allow it splutter for 10 seconds.

  5. Add curry leaves, dry red chilies, hing and leave the curry leaves to crackle for 10 seconds.

  6. Pour this tempered oil over the chutney and serve. 

  7. Serve the Andhra Style Kandi Pachadi Recipe with Homemade Crispy Ghee Roast Dosas and Spicy Crunchy Masala Idli Recipe to enjoy your morning breakfast.