Chia seed savory pudding recipe
Healthy and tasty South Indian style Savoury Chia seed pudding
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp chia seeds
- ½ cup yogurt
- ½ cup water
- Salt to taste
To temper
- 1.5 tsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp chana dal
- 1 finely chopped green chili
- ¼ tsp ginger finely chopped
- Few curry leaves
- Few coriander leaves
- 2 pinches asafoetida
Toppings
- 2 tbsp cooked chana
- 2 tbsp cucumber
- 2 small onions thinly sliced
Instructions
- In a bowl add the curd and water. Add the salt to taste.
- Whisk this well.
- Now add 3 tbsp of Chia seeds to this.
- Mix well without any lumps.
- Cover this and keep inside the refrigerator for minimum 2 hours.
- You can keep this overnight also.
- In a pan add oil and add the mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, green chili, and ginger.
- Saute till the dals turn golden brown.
- Now add the finely chopped coriander leaves and curry leaves.
- Cook for few seconds.
- Switch off and add this to the soaked chia pudding.
- Top this with cooked chana, chopped cucumber and sliced onions.
- Serve immediately.
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Notes
Notes:
1. For topping you can add cut mango pickle, manga thokku or some vegetable curry too.
2. I even love vathakuzhambu or the bottom portion of rasam (rasam adivandal) or even kara kuzhambu too.
3. Be creative with your toppings and make the savory chia pudding more interesting.