PEANUT SUNDAL

Soak peanuts for 6 hours.

Transfer to cooker with half glass of water and half spoon salt.

Pressure cook for 5 to 6 whistles.

Check if they are cooked soft.

In a frying pan, add 1 teaspoon oil and heat. Fry mustard, red chillies and curry leaves. Add ginger, green chilli paste.

Add cooked peanuts and mix well. Finally add grated coconut. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Tasty and healthy peanut sundal ready.

Peanut Sundal

Soak peanuts for 6 hours
Transfer to cooker with half glass of water and half spoon salt. Pressure cook for 5 to 6 whistles.
Check if they are cooked soft.
In a frying pan, add 1 teaspoon oil and heat.
Fry mustard, red chillies and curry leaves.
Add ginger, green chilli paste.
Add cooked peanuts and mix well.
Finally add grated coconut.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Tasty and healthy peanut sundal ready.

Just a handful of peanuts per day provide enough recommended levels of phenolic antioxidants, minerals, vitamins, and protein.
The nuts are a rich source of minerals like copper, manganese, potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, and selenium.
The nuts are packed with many important B-complex groups of vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B-6, and folates. 100 g of peanuts provide about 85% of RDI of niacin, which contributes to health and blood flow to the brain.
Peanuts are rich in energy (567 calories per 100 g) and contain health benefiting nutrients, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins that are essential for optimum health.
They compose sufficient levels of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), especially oleic acid. MUFA helps lower LDL or "bad cholesterol" and increases HDL or "good cholesterol” level in the blood.
Peanut kernels are a good source of dietary protein; compose fine quality amino acids that are essential for growth and development.
Peanuts are an excellent source of resveratrol, another polyphenolic antioxidant. Resveratrol has been found to have a protective function against cancers, heart disease, degenerative nerve disease, Alzheimer's disease, and viral/fungal infections.
The kernels are an excellent source of vitamin-E(α -tocopherol); containing about 8 g per100 g. vitamin E is a -powerful lipid soluble antioxidant which helps maintain the integrity of mucosa and skin by protecting from harmful oxygen free radicals.