AAmbat - Sprouted Dal

INGREDIENTS

  • Sprouted Green beans (Moong dal) - 200 gms
  • Salt -to taste
  • Coconut - 1/2
  • Dry red chillies - 3
  • Tamarind - 1 marble sized ball
  • Fenugreek Seeds - 1/4 tsp
  • Oil - 1
  • Onions - 2 small (chopped)
  • Ghee - 2 tbsp
  • Cashew Nuts - few

METHOD

  1. Soak green beans overnight. Strain.
  2. Put it in a vessel with a tight fitting lid and place in a warm place with a fairly heavy weight on the lid. By evening it will sprout.
  3. Put the sprouted dal in plenty of water and leave overnight. Next morning, drain the water and remove the outer green skins.
  4. Boil 4 cups water. Add the sprouted dal.
  5. When it is half cooked, drop in a few cashew nuts and cook the mixture till tender. Add salt. Keep aside.
  6. Fry methi dana in oil till it turs red.
  7. Grind coconut with fried methi dana and red chillies to a smooth paste. Extract juice fro imlo by soaking in hot water for 5-7 minutes.
  8. Then pour all the ground paste and imli extract into the dal. Bring to boil. Cook for 5 minutes.
  9. Remove from heat.
  10. Fry chopped onions in ghee to a golden brown color and mix with the dal.

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