SPROUTS CURRY RECIPE / MOONG SPROUTS SUBZI / MOONG USAL RECIPE
Ingredients
- 2 cup Green Gram/moong, sprouted
- 1 big Onion , Chopped
- 1 big Tomato, Chopped
- 1 small Capsicum , Optional
- 2-3 Green chilli, chopped
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1/2 tsp Turmeic / Haldi
- 1 tsp Red Chilli powder, or as per taste
- 3/4 tsp Coriander powder / Dhania powder
- 1/4 ` tsp Cumin Powder/ Jeera powder
- Coriander leaf, chopped
- Lime Juice
To temper
- 2-3 tsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds / jeera
- a big pinch Asafoetida/ hing
- few Curry leaff
Dry roast and powder
- 2 tbsp dry cococonut / kopra, cut to pieces
- 2-3 tbsp Peanut
- 1 tbsp Niger seeds / Uchellu / Gurellu / Karale seeds, ( if you don't have use sesame seeds )
Instructions
- Steam moong sprouts in a cooker / steamer with a pinch of salt for 8-10 mins.
- Heat oil in a kadai /pan and crackle mustard seeds and add hing,jeera and curry leaves .Saute for half a minute.Add chopped onions , ginger garlic paste and green chillies and fry until they turn translucent.
- Add chopped tomatoes and capsicum ( optional ) and saute till tomatoes are mushy .
- Add haldi , red chilli powder , dhania powder and jeera powder . Saute for 1-2 min .
- Add steamed sprouts . Combine everything well . Add salt , water .. cover and cook for 3-5 mins .
- Mean while dry roast kopra ( dry coconut ) , peanut and niger seeds . Allow to cool Make a powder of these 3 ingredients in a mixer .
- Add it to the curry .Mix well and taste test . You will see that curry now starts to thicken . If required add salt / water / any other masala .if you want you can add litlle garam masala powder too .
- When the sprouts curry has boiled nicely and reached desised consistency .. add chopped coriander leaves and squeeze lime .
- Sprouts curry or North karnataka style moong usal is ready to serve . Enjoy it as a side dish along with chapathi or ubbu rotti