Sprouted Green Gram Sabzi

Ingredients

• • Green grams (whole) - 1 cup
• • Onions - 5
• • Green chillies - 3
• • Tamarind (soaked & extracted) - small lime size
• • Oil - 1 tablespoon
• • Dhania powder - 2 teaspoons
• • Jeera powder - ½ teaspoon
• • Red chilly powder - ½ teaspoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Sugar - 1 teaspoon

Method

• 1. Soak green gram for 10 hours in enough water.
• 2. Strain and tie it in a muslin cloth.
• 3. Allow it to sprout for one day.
• 4. Cut onions finely.
• 5. Slit green chillies.
• 6. Soak tamarind in water and prepare thick tamarind pulp.
• 7. Heat oil.
• 8. Fry onions and chillies, till light brown in colour.
• 9. Add sprouted gram, sprinkle water close with a lid and keep in a low flame till the gram is cooked.
• 10. Pour tamarind extract, salt, other spice powders and cook.
• 11. Serve it garnished with finely cut onion, coriander leaves.
• 12. Makes a delicious chat, as well as good side dish for chapatis.