Other names: Green gram salad / pachai payaru sundal / moong chaat.
Ingredients:
dry green gram - 1 cupoil - 1 tsp
hing - a pinch
curry leaf - few
mustard - 1 tsp
cucumber - 1
onion - 1
carrot - 1
tomato - 1
lemon - 1/8 of a fruit
coconut slices - few
salt - to taste.
To grind:
coconut - 2 tbspcumin - 1/2 tsp
green chilly - 3
Method:
Soak the green gram for 5 hours and cook till tender (Add water just to immerse the green gram. Bring 1 whistle in a pressure cooker, reduce flame and cook in low flame for 5 minutes). (or) Sprout the soaked green gram overnight and cook in stove top for 10 minutes, till done.Drain the water, take out the cooked green gram and add required salt.keep aside.
Grind the items given to a coarse mixture. Mix with the cooked green gram.
Heat oil in a small skillet. Let the mustard crackle, add the curry leaf, asafoetida (hing). Squeeze the lemon and pour the tempering over the green gram. Carefully mix.
Before serving finely chop the onion, cucumber, tomato, grated carrot, coconut and add to the green gram. Top with finely chopped cilantro.
Green gram salad is ready!
Serving suggestion:
Serve as snack.Makes 6 servings.
8 comments:
Yummy healthy salad...
Healthy,colourful and nutritious salad.
I used to make the same for my hubby but without grinding part. will try this version ..
very healthy and yummy salad
Healthy and filling salad
healthy salad
I am always on the look out for good salad recipes. healthy and tasty it looks. :)
I always have a snack craving too in the late afternoon..this looks healthy..
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