Monday, March 15, 2010

Sprouted Mung Chat

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Home sprouted mung chat tastes really good if combined with tongue-tingling spice masala. It's a pleasure if taken as a plain sprouted mung beans. To make it a road-side snack, just toss in a pinch of masala's,chillies, lemon juice and you have a perfect evening snack. Sprouted mung beans are as healthy as they can be.



Ingredients
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! Green Gram Dal ( mung beans)          1 cup
! Onion                                                            1
! Green Chillies                                            2
! Carrot                                                           1
! Tomato                                                        1
! Red Chilli Powder                                    1 tsp.
! Salt                                                                 to taste
! Cumin Powder                                           1 1/2 tsps.
! Black Pepper Powder                              1 tsp.
! Lime                                                               1
! Mint Leaves                                               4 tbsps.
! Coriander Leaves                                     2 tbsps.

Method
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  • Wash, clean and soak the mung beans overnight. The next day drain out the water and cover with the lid with little air letting in. For every 6 to 8 hours rinse the mung beans to make them moist. After 2 days mung beans sprout and are ready for the mung chat. 
  • Rinse and keep the sprouts in a bowl, adding little water and let it steam for 4 mins. in microwave and keep it aside.
  • Now chop finely green chillies, onion, tomato, mint leaves and coriander leaves. Squeeze lime juice and grate the carrot.
  • Arrange all the prepared ingredients and serve accordingly.
  • For kids, serve sprouted mung chat topped with grated carrots and tomatoes and their choice of spices.
  • For grown ups, serve sprouted mung chat topped with chopped onions, green chillies and the rest of the ingredients.
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