
Chainsoo
Roasted black gram dal ground and slow-cooked. Kumaoni specialty protein.
Ise urad dal chainsoo naam se bhi khoja jata hai.
Time 60 min · Serves 4 · 259 kcal · Kumaon, Uttarakhand
Ingredients
Garnish
- Coriander Leaves (garnish) — 8 g
Main
- Garlic — 15 g
- Ginger — 10 g
- Mustard Oil — 30 g
- green chillies — 8 g
- Urad Dal Whole — 200 g
- coriander powder — 5 g
- Water — 1000 g
- Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 3 g
- Turmeric Powder — 2 g
- salt — 6 g
Tempering
- Asafoetida — 0.5 g
- Jakhiya (Wild Dog Mustard - Uttarakhand Aromatic) — 3 g
- Cumin Seeds — 3 g
Method
- Dry roast the whole black urad in a kadai till it smells nutty.
- Cool and grind it into a coarse powder.
- Heat mustard oil in an iron kadai till it smokes lightly.
- Add jakhiya, cumin and hing. Let them crackle.
- Add garlic, ginger and green chillies. Fry for a minute.
- Add the dal powder, turmeric, coriander and chilli powder. Fry 2 minutes.
- Pour water slowly, stirring well so no lumps form. Add salt.
- Cover and simmer, stirring now and then, till thick.
- Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with rice.
Common questions
- Chainsoo ko English mein kya kehte hain?
- चैन्सू ko English mein Chainsoo likhte hain.
- Ek plate Chainsoo mein kitni calories hoti hain?
- 259 kcal per plate.
- Kitna time lagta hai?
- 60 min lagta hai — 15 min taiyari, 45 min pakana.
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