Thursday, July 30, 2009

Green Gram Dal



GREEN GRAM is popular because of its nutritional value.
It is a rich source of proteins and carbohydrates and has good digestibility.

This is a quick recipe unlike sprouts where we need to wait for almost 3 days before
the green gram starts sprouting.

Ingredients:
1. Green gram - 1 cup
2. Groundnuts - 1 tbsp
3. Onion - 1
4. Tomato - 1
5. Mustard - 1/2 tsp
6. Cumin - 1/2 tsp
7. Ginger - 1/2 inch
8. Sambar powder - 1 tsp
9. Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
10.Salt - 1 tsp
11.turmeric - 1/4 tsp
12.Oil - 2 tsp
13.Coriander

How to prepare Mother's Green Gram dal?
1. Pressure cook the dal and allow to cool down.
2. Cut the onion and tomato.
3. In a container - heat the oil and add cumin and mustard.
4. After the mustard start spluttering add the onion.
5. Fry until onion turns slightly brownish.
6. Now add cut tomato and fry again.
7. Add turmeric and ginger paste.
8. Add the cooked Dal, sambar powder,red chilly powder and mix well.
9. Add one cup water and cook for 10 mins.

Dal tastes good with both rice and chapati.

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