The festival of Navarathri is celebrated with so much aplomb in India. Nava meaning 9 and rathiri meaning night; during these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Devi are worshipped. The highlight being preparation of different forms of Sundal prepared during this time and distributed to everyone visiting their homes; Kadalai paruppu Sundal, Kara Kondakadalai Sundal (Spicy Black Chickpeas Salad), Rajma (Kidney Beans) Sundal, Peanuts Sundal, Payaru Sundal (Sprouted Green Gram Salad), Kondakadalai Sundal (Chickpeas Sundal) to name just a few! Yes, just a few – I have not even scratched the surface. Given the number of legumes, the possibilities are endless especially knowing the ingenuity of the Indian cooks 
If you love legumes as much as I do, your pantry is possibly carrying quite a few varieties at this moment. Just choose the ones you like and make this extremely simple, almost effortless and nutritious snack right away. Some need overnight soaking while few others just an hour or two. But if you have dabbled in the food/digestion science long enough, you know that a long soak helps in removal of phytic acid from legumes/whole grains thereby helping our bodies absorb the nutrients better. If time is your enemy then in those cases – I would suggest many ready made options at groceries now a days. The local Indian groceries probably carry even ready made sprouted brown chickpeas, mung etc. Or if you absolutely insist, go for the canned chickpeas/lentils after thoroughly rinsing it out in cold water first.
Since its Navarathiri, I have symbolically used 9 legumes in this recipe. Er, you could even call me out on saying I just had too many of them to put to good use. Either way, that’s a good enough excuse to make these, no? I have used a freshly made spice mix to add a wonderful zing to the beans. But you can skip and just temper it along with curry leaves or coconut. Or just use your own seasoning – this one works quite well for any of your creative juices. (...)
Read the rest of Navadhanya Sundal (South Indian Salad with 9 Legumes) at Chef In You
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