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I am posting in this blog ,recipes which my 87 years old mother used in her cooking. Some of these are her own, some from her friends,some hand me downs from her elders etc etc. So the variety is awesome and as an admirer of his grandma's cooking, my son Arvind created this blog so that my mother's age old recipes can be shared with one and all .I have also posted some of my "tried and tested" recipes, especially the Non-vegetarian ones.I thought a purely vegetarian recipes' blog can be made more interesting with some non-veg recipes thrown inbetween.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Greengram and Methi Sprouts curry

Ingredients
  1. 11/4 cup green gram (whole moong) soak and sprout
  2. 1/2 cup of methi seeds (fenugreek) soak and sprout.
  3. 3/4 of Fresh coconut scraped fine.
  4. Green chillies : 5 or 6 (or as per taste)
  5. Jeera(cumin) seeds : 1 Tbsps
  6. Refined Oil : 1 Tbsps
Mustard and Curry leaves(Karbeva) for seasoning.

Method :
In a Pressure cooker, cook the sprouts till one whistle.Don't over cook.
Grind to a course paste the coconut scrapings, green chillies and jeera in a mixie.
Mix this with the cooked sprouts, add some water and salt , mix well and bring to boil on a stove on sim fire. Now season with oil, mustard seeds and karbev. Use as a side dish with South Indian meals or can be had with chappathis. This is a nutritious side dish.

5 comments:

Lakshmi said...

very nutritious dish mammamma. My only concern is about 1/2 cup sprouted methi..doesn't it make the dish bitter? sorry I have no idea about methi sprouts

Grandma Lilly - said...

Since it is sprouted, it doesn't taste bitter.A tinge of bitterness will be there, but on the whole the taste is "bombaat"!!

Priya said...

Even I was about the methi, never tried them sprouted. Thank you for the recipe :)

Suparna said...

LOL...I just love your spirit ammamma! actually I too had the same question to ask....I've got my answer.
If possible pls would you post the recipe for amshe tikshe sandan, bhajji amshi. Thanks

Anandi said...

Dear Mammamma.....this recipe took me back to my childhood days when my paatti used to cook methi sprouts once a week....:) I really miss her