Saturday, September 17, 2011

Whole Green moong curry for "LIFE IS GREEN"

This is a very easy dish to make and I make it quite often especially when my mind runs out of dinner ideas.Everyone is making a conscious effort to eat healthy,so it is a welcome idea to have pulses in your daily diet :)
Green moong/mung beans/sirupayir is easy and quick to cook as compared to the other dried pulses which need to be soaked over night or for atleast a few hours!



Preparation time : 40 minutes
Serves 2 persons generously


You need
Green moong soaked for half hour 1 cup
Oil 2 tablespoons
Garam masala whole(cardamoms, cinnamon, bay leaf, cloves) 3 of each
Onion 1 large chopped finely
Tomato 2 medium chopped finely
Ginger garlic paste 1 and half tsp
Green Chilli 1 no. slit lengthwise at the top
Garam powder 1 tsp
Dhaniya powder 1/2tsp
Sambar powder 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Water as required to pressure cook the moong beans
Cilantro/Coriander leaves chopped

  • In a pressure cooker, cook the whole moong until soft with a little salt to taste.This will take about 15 minutes.
  • In a saucepan, heat oil, add the whole garam masala, once that splutters, add the onions.Fry them until soft.
  • Next add the ginger garlic paste and tomatos along with the green chillies.
  • Once the tomato mashes(to quicken this mashing add a half tsp of salt and cover the vessel) add the masala powders and fry well until oil leaves the sides.
  • Next add the cooked green moong beans and add as much water as you need and salt to taste.
  • Cover and cook until the moong has cooked well in the masala gravy.
  • Garnish with chopped cilantro.
  • Serve hot with hot puris or chapathis.
This recipe goes to the  Life is green Event.


2 comments:

  1. This looks soooooooo good thanks for sending it to "life is green":)

    ReplyDelete
  2. thanks :) and good luck for "life is green"

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for coming by and giving me all the encouragement to keep going.

You May also like

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

ShareThis