GREEN GRAM GRAVY

Green gram is also known as moong bean or mung bean or moong dal, offers a number of health benefits.  It’s helpful to control blood pressure, provide fiber, protein, iron etc… Today, I wish to introduce a healthy and spicy recipe with moong dal, or green gram…. Sprouted moong dal is healthier than the normal one… But in this recipe I used the normal one, but soaked in water for few hours before preparation…..  Here, we go to the recipe….

 

Ingredients:

1.     Green gram or moong dal --------------------------------- 1 cup

2.     Big Onion ------------------------------------------------------ 1 Big sized (finely chopped)

3.     Tomato --------------------------------------------------------- 1 Medium sized (finely chopped)

4.     Curry leaves -------------------------------------------------- 1 spring

5.     Mustard seeds ---------------------------------------------- 1 teaspoon

6.     Kashmiri chilli powder ------------------------------------- 1 teaspoon

7.     Turmeric powder ------------------------------------------- ½ teaspoon

8.     Coriander powder ------------------------------------------ 1 teaspoon

9.     Garam masala ------------------------------------------------ ¼ teaspoon

10.    Black pepper powder -------------------------------------- 1 teaspoon

11.     Oil ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2 tablespoon

12.    Coriander leaves (optional) ------------------------------ 2 tablespoon (finely chopped)

13.     Salt --------------------------------------------------------------- to taste

14.    Water ------------------------------------------------------------ as needed

 

Preparation:

1.     Wash and soak the green gram or moong dal overnight or for 5-8 hours

2.     In a vessel, take the soaked green gram, add a little salt to it and add water to cover the ingredients and allow it to cook in fire (don’t pressure cook it)

3.     Once the green gram is cooked, switched off the furnace and keep the moong dal aside

4.     Heat the pan, and add oil, mustard seeds and allow it to splutter

5.     Add curry leaves and chopped onion and a little salt, into the pan and stir till the onion become light golden brown

6.     Add tomato and allow it to cook well and then mash the tomato well

7.     Add all powders from 6th to 10th ingredients (kashmiri chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, black pepper powder, and garam masala powder) and stir well

8.     Then add the cooked green gram with water (if any) or add a little hot water into it and mix well, and close the lid of the pan and allow it to cook for 5 minutes or till the water content goes and the item looks like a thick gravy

9.     Add chopped coriander leaves (optional) to garnish

10.     Green gram thokku or green gram curry is ready to serve

It can be served as side dish with chappathi, porotha, rice etc….

This is an easy and quick recipe with green gram or moong dal… Please try this out in your kitchen and let me know your feedback… Your words are my inspiration…. So I am expecting your valuable comments, suggestions and criticisms…….  

 

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