Name: Channe Sukhe - Black gram fugath recipe by Lynette Dsouza at BetterButter
Prep time: 540 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 570 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 250 gms black gram; 4 short dry chillies; 6 flakes of garlic - crushed; 2 small onions; 1/2 coconut grated; 1 small piece of jaggery; Salt to taste; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp mustard; 4 peppercorns; A pinch of cumminsed; One small onion; 1 marble size ball of tamarind; 8 long dry chillies; 1 tomato; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1 sprig curry leaves

ABOUT Channe Sukhe - Black gram fugath RECIPE

This is a very famous side dish of Karnataka served for marriages and can be had with dosas, dumplings, neer dosas and idlis too. Gherkins and cashewnuts can be added too as a variation.

Ingredients Serving: 3

250 gms black gram
4 short dry chillies
6 flakes of garlic - crushed
2 small onions
1/2 coconut grated
1 small piece of jaggery
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp mustard
4 peppercorns
A pinch of cumminsed
One small onion
1 marble size ball of tamarind
8 long dry chillies
1 tomato
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves

Instructions

Soak the grams overnight.
Next day pressure cook the gram for twenty minutes with salt.
Heat little oil. Add mustard, curry leaves and crushed garlic and fry till the mustard splutters.
Add the ground masala and boiled gram, jaggery and cook for 5-10 minutes
In another pan, add grated coconut, 2 sliced small onions and fry till light brown with little oil on a non stick pan.
Once the curry is cooked add the fried coconut mixture and mix well.
The prepared fugath should be semi dry. Serve with dosas, idlis, dumplings or even with rice.

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