Sundal
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A flavorful evening snack of boiled chickpeas, white peas, or legumes tempered with mustard seeds, curry leaves, asafoetida, and shredded fresh coconut, famous at church feasts and beach outings.
“We bought warm paper cones of spicy sundal outside the shrine gate after the feast of Our Lady of Vailankanni.”
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