Lehsuni Green Moong Tadka

Another healthy and protein packed side dish that goes well with both rice and Rotis. This is very simple and easy to make at one shot in a cooker. I prepare this quite often when am bored with the traditional yellow toor dhal. This also appeases your hunger and makes u feel full for long time. This in turn helps you from over eating and restricting you to eat healthy and in correct quantity.

This is a tadka dish, where spicy garlic and red chili sauteed in Ghee is tempered for the final presentation and taste. You can skip this step if in case you want a less spicy dish in order to make it kids friendly.

Serves: 2

Ingredients

1. Whole Green Gram - 3/4 cup
2. Water - 1.5 cups
3. Tomatoes - 2 (chopped)
4. Onions - 1 big (chopped)
5. Cumin - 1 tsp
6. Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
7. Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
8. Coriander powder - 3/4 tsp
9. Jeera - 1 tsp
10. Oil - 2 tsp
11. Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
12. Crushed Kasuri Methi - 1 tsp
13. Needed Salt

Tadka Tempering

1. Ghee - 1 tbsp
2. Red Chili Powder - 1/2 tsp
3. Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
4. Garlic Pods - 6 (chopped as shown in pic)
5. Red Chili - 2

Method

1. Soak Green gram in water for minimum of 4 hours. After soaking, drain the water.

2. Take a pressure pan, add oil and cumin. Once the cumin splutters, add onion and saute well until onion turns transparent.

3. Now add tomatoes and give it a nice mix until it gets mushy. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.

4. Add the soaked and drained green gram, water, salt and all the powders.

5. Pressure cook the contents for 4 whistles on a low medium flame and then switch off .

6. Open the pressure cooker, add crushed kasuri methi and give a nice mix to the well cooked green gram.

7. In a frying pan, heat ghee.Add some chili powder and garam masala.Add chopped garlic, red chili and fry until garlic turns light golden brown.

8. Now add the tadka tempering to the the cooked dal.

9. Serve hot with chapati or Steamed Rice, Pulao anything of your choice.

Sprouted Green Moong and Vegetable salad

A healthy, protein rich nutritious salad that has all the flavours balanced perfectly. This can make a great evening snack or a satisfying breakfast. My mother often makes this and pack it for my lunch. Just love the way she prepares this. 

This also has goodness of all raw vegetables thereby increasing the fiber content. A delectable tasty salad that is absolutely sin free and satiates your hunger instantly keeping you full for long time. I have described in details about how to sprout green gram here. This is an ideal salad for weight loss and people who are trying to build muscles.

Serves:4 small bowls

Ingredients

1. Sprouted green gram-2 cups
2. Onions - 1 medium sized
3. Banglore Tomatoes - 1 big/medium sized
4. Carrot- 1 small/medium sized
5. Capsicum - 1/4 cup (chopped)
6. Cucumber - 1/2 cup (chopped)
7. Baby corn - 4 (sliced round round)
8. Green Chili - 1 finely chopped (optional)
9. Pomegranate pearls - 3 tbsp
10. Red chili powder-1/4 tsp
11. Chat Masala Powder - 1 tsp
12. Cumin powder - 3/4 tsp
13. Lemon Juice - 1 tsp
14. Salt as needed
15. Black salt as needed
16. Coriander for garnishing

                                 

Method

1. Mix all the ingredients mentioned under ingredient list in a mixing bowl,

2. Garnish with some fresh coriander leaves and serve fresh.

Green Moong Dal and Oats Adai

Never knew a dish which is too good for health can even be tasty until I had this. This is an amazing low carb recipe which satiates your hunger and keeps you full for long hours. Highly rich in proteins and fiber, this aids in weight loss amazingly.There are innumerable benefits of green moong which you can check here. I generally make this for dinner as soon as I come from office. I soak them in the morning and grind them to make a tasty adai batter for dinner. Traditionally, they add some rice while grinding the batter make it more crispier. I have skipped it as this is completely low carb making it a guilt free indulgence. Let's look into the preparation of this healthy adai. This tastes best with coconut chutney,avial or even just plain butter.

Serves: 4 adai/pancakes

Ingredients

1. Green Moong Dhal - 3/4 cup
2. Oats - 2 tbsp (I used normal Quaker oats available at supermarket)
3. Green chili - 1 big
4. coriander leaves - 1/4 cup (chopped)
5. Ginger - 1 inch
6. Jeera - 2 tsp
7. Onion - 1 big (chopped)
8. Needed salt

Ingredients

Soaked green moong and oats

Method

1. Soak green moong and oats together with 1.25 cups of water for minimum of 4 hours.

2. Strain them after it has absorbed all water. Grind them with chili and ginger to a fine batter. Do not add any water while grinding. Let the batter be thick.

3. Add chopped onions,coriander leaves and cumin seeds and needed salt to the batter. Mix well.

4. Heat a iron girdle, once hot, take a ladle of the batter and pour it on the girdle. Spread them gently into small thick round shapes. Allow them to cook on a low flame for 5 mins. Drizzle some Olive or Coconut oil on the sides.

5. After 5 mins, flip the adai gently on to next side and cook again until the batter is cooked well.

6. Hot tasty adai is ready to served with your favorite accompaniment.

Batter ready!!!!!

Notes,Tips & Add-On's

1. You can also grind the coriander leaves along with batter if you do not want to add it separately.
2. Cooking of adai takes a long time than dosa as it is a thick batter. For better results, cover them with a lid to speeden up the cooking process.
3. I have paired it with oats, but trust me, you can add any accompaniment of your choice like kollu(horsegram), quinoa,chickpea,millet etc. Soak whatever you like along with green moong and grind them together.