Friday, May 8, 2009

Mung Bean Sprouts and Potato Masala

The other day, I was busy clearing up stuff in the kitchen and dicovered a whole jar (about 500 gms) of mung beans. I was not sure how long the beans had been lying there, waiting to be used, but I knew I had to finish them before buying fresh stock. I just washed the whole quantity and decided to sprout half, while the remaining half was used in preparing the cherupayar curry. It was served with puttu for breakfast, and with chapathi(R and A)/ wheat bread (me) for dinner.

However, I still had the sprouts to finish and was thinking of making a simple salad, when I remembered a masala subji Amma used to make with mung bean sprouts.


This used to be one of my favorites with chapathi/ bread. The recipe is very simple too.



To make the Mung Bean Sprouts and Potato Masala seen in the picture, you will need:

Mung bean sprouts - 2 cups
Potatoes - 2 large - peeled and cubed
Tomatoes - 3 large - finely chopped
Onion - 2 medium sized - finely chopped
Green chilly - 1 sliced
Ginger - peeled and pounded - 1 tbsp
Garlic - peeled and pounded - 2-3 cloves

Water- 1/2 cup

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander seeds powder - 1 tsp
Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala powder - 1/4 tsp

Coriander leaves - chopped - to garnish

Oil - 2 tsp
Salt - to taste



Method:

  • Heat oil in a pan, and add onions, ginger, garlic, green chilly and stir well
  • After the onions are done, add the tomatoes and cook covered on low flame for 3-5 minutes
  • Throw in all the powders except garam masala, add the potatoes and sprouts along with half a cup of water, mix well
  • Cook covered on low flame until the potatoes are done, add the garam masala, mix well, and cook uncovered until the subji is dry
  • Garnish with coriander leaves


Serve with chapathi/ bread

Though I did not use the whole quantity of sprouts for the dish, I was happy I did not have to make a salad with all of it! Maybe what remains will end up being used in a salad.

32 comments:

amna said...

the first of the mung has come out so well!! the lighting was right i think :)

Gita Jaishankar said...

Great recipe, I like the combination of the sprouts of potatoes...must have tasted good with rotis :)

Sharmila said...

Looks so good .. with potatoes is new for me. :-)

Indian Khana said...

That's a nice one..am thinkin of so long to make sprouts too..but u knw babe am just lazy ;)..and reading ur recipe reminds of me one of our other blogger...u knw one day I was talkin with her...and she know of you the gal whom use ginger in everthing..;)....I'll tell u who is she later :p..LOL

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

I make it just like this but with no aloo, I guess I should try using aloo and garam masala should have tasted heavenly....

Kalyani said...

Very healthy recipe with sprouts ....I have to try this .....

Ashwini said...

I too make just like this. Love it along with chapathi. YUmmmm

anudivya said...

Hey Shreya, perfectly healthy masala. Sprouts look good with the potatoes.
How have you been?

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Thats looking so yummy and healthy too.. love the pictures

Red Chillies said...

I look for recipes using Moong. I liked the idea of adding potato and tomato to this. VEry cool.

Manju said...

nice idea of adding mung sprouts to potatoes!!

Unknown said...

Healthy and delicious side dish! Must have tasted great with chapathis..

Cham said...

Combining aloo who will refuse to eat sprout now :)

Pooja said...

Wow healthy n nutritious with sprouts. A unique one..I love this :)

Unknown said...

i wouls love this in my sandwiches..looks yumm

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Healthy dish. Nice picture. Looks delicious.

Unknown said...

This reminds me - I got a jar of mung beans too. And I should stop buying those sprouts :)

Seena said...

Shreya, you are from Kerala?
I loved the blog url, ammascooking.., yeah me too started for her.. :)
loved your simple recipes too.. keep in touch always! :)

Yasmeen said...

Yummy! I love mung beans,sounds super tasty with potato masala:)

Cynthia said...

The sprouts we get here are imported and very expensive. I'd have loved to try this dish.

ST said...

very healthy and nutritious dish...

Suparna said...

Hi,
I love dry sabzis, this is a good combination superb with rotis. good one.First time here hope to c u often.
TC

Laavanya said...

That does sound delicious... Cherupayar curry and puttu is my FIL's favorite combination.

Rush said...

moms moong ki subzee looks exactly like this..my tongue almost tasted it...are u from bombay..came into ur blog thru one of the bombay bloggers.

notyet100 said...

yummy nd healthy

Sujatha said...

Wow, I make a very similar one and just love it! Such a healthy and tasty recipe!

Cris said...

This is so interesting, I need to try this combination potatoes and sprouts, love it.

Vaishali said...

Wow, Shreya, this sounds delicious, and I love the idea of mung with potatoes. I love sprouting mung too, more so than any other bean, although I do try and sprout them all.

Purva Desai said...

I have this salad almost everyday but addition of potato masala is new for me.....thanks for sharing

Usha said...

Very healthy and yum !

Anisheetu said...

very nice....

Bharti said...

I made a whole lot of sprouts and now I know what to do with it (apart from salad). Thanks!