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COOKING WITH SPROUTED MOONGS

After i started blogging and especially i started taking part in the events in the blogging world whenever i go shopping for groceries i always have the list of events which will be happening. So M always laughs about it and always tell that now im at Bloggers mercy. I had seen few recipes in my favorite cooking show by Sanjeev Kapoor called Khana Kazana wherein he has used the sporuts to noodles to make it healthy. So i had moong sprouts in pantry and wanted to use it with something. So I prepared Moong Parathas and Baagare Baingan. I am sending Bagere Baingan to Think Spice event hosted by Gretchen started by Sunita.

Moong Dal Paratha & Bagere Baingan

Preparation Time:10 min

Cooking Time:25 min

Serves:2-4

Ingredients

1 cup sprouted moong dal

2 cup wheat flour

salt to taste

2 tsp ghee/oil

2 cups of hot water

Method

Sieve the wheat flour and put it in a bowl and to it add salt and ghee and mix it properl without forming any lumps.

Meanwhile take the sprouted moong dal and bring it to a nice paste without adding any water and mix it with the dough and bring the atta into a chapati consistency and keep it aside for at least an hour.

After an hour make a equal sized balls from it and start rolling the chapatis. (Please note that the dough become extra soft after adding the moong so you have to be very careful to bring it to a desired round shape).

Roast with the ghee with both the sides and serve hot with your choice of side dish.Njoy

Ingredients for Bagere Baingan

8 small purpule coloured egg plants

2 medium onion

2 strands of curry leaves

1 tsp oil

2 tsp butter

salt to taste

For Masala

4 dried red chillies

3 tbsp coconut grated

3 tbsp peeled peanuts

1 tsp jeera seeds

1 tsp corriander seeds

1/2 tsp jaggery

1 tsp red chilli powder

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

2 cloves

1/2 stick cinnamon

1 tsp tamarind juice

1 tap GG paste

Method

Wash the egg plants thourghly in the water and make 4 slits in the brinjal and soak it in water to extract the bitterness .

Mean while Take a pan add 1 tsp oil and 2 tsp butter and fry onion till they are tarnsparent then add the GG paste and fry for another minute and add the Brinjals to it and fry it. Then add half glass of water and close the lid and let it cook properly for till they become tender. I added salt and tamarind water to it.

Take all the masala ingredients as mentioned above (excluding the powder) and fry for 2-3 minutes. Then let it cool down and make a nice paste out of it by adding a very lilttle water.

Once the egg plants become tender add the grinded paste and along with it add 1.5 cup of water or depends on you the consistency you wants and mix the whole thing and add jaggery+turmeric powder+chilli powder and mix it. let it simmer for another 5-10 minutes till the gravy thicknes.

Serve hot with the Chapati & Njoy.

Labels: Cinnamon, Clove, Eggplant/Brinjal, Ghee, Naan/Chapati/IndianBread/Roti, Side Dishes, Sprouted Moong

posted by SMN @ 11:11:00 AM,

12 Inputs:

At April 15, 2008 3:03 PM, jayasree said...: Good way to use the sprouted moong. Loved the idea of adding it to parathas. Yours look ultra soft.
At April 15, 2008 5:29 PM, Swati Raman Garg said...: sushma... a legal consultant with such an amazing style hope u know am a fan of ur style... tussi great ho ... thanks for dropping by my page...
At April 15, 2008 5:34 PM, Pallavi said...: Great idea Sushma. I am going to try it sometime. Never been to your blog before. Looks Nice. Thanks for your comments on Raitha.
At April 15, 2008 6:34 PM, Happy cook said...: Wow wonderful spread. I have never made parathas at home
At April 15, 2008 8:46 PM, Uma said...: good idea to use sprouted moong for parathas. bagare baigan looks yummy too.
At April 15, 2008 9:22 PM, Cham said...: Baigan and healthy roti are lookind delicious and wonderful. Never thought to add mong dhal in roti, great idea.
At April 16, 2008 12:03 AM, Divya Vikram said...: Looks spicy and yummy sushma..
At April 16, 2008 7:40 AM, Namratha said...: Hehe, poor M..:D We do put our hubbies through such culinary miseries, don't we :P The Brinjal curry looks delicious!
At April 16, 2008 2:55 PM, Homecooked said...: The dish looks great!I do the same...I mean making lists by taking ideas from other bloggers. But hubby doesnt mind as he gets to eat different things :)
At April 17, 2008 7:18 AM, Prajusha said...: wow..looks nice.
At April 19, 2008 8:10 PM, Gretchen Noelle said...: Thank you for participating in Think Spice. Although I am not a big fan of eggplants, the ingredients of the masala look delicious. I wonder if I could do something similar with another vegetable? Yum!
At April 22, 2008 8:45 PM, ANJALI J. said...: IT LOOKS SO TEMPTING.. LOVED THIS..