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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wash the whole mung beans to get rid of any dirt. | 2. Soak them in fresh water for at least one hour. | 3. Heat ghee in a pressure cooker and add bay leaf, cloves, asafetida, cumin seeds, ginger, green chili, garlic and onions. Sauté until the onions are golden brown. | 4. Add tomatoes along with red chili powder and garam masala. Combine all the ingredients and place a lid. Cook this for eight minutes or until the tomatoes are soft and mushy. | 5. Remove the lid. Add 4 Cups of water to this along with the drained beans and salt. Combine and place the pressure cooker lid with the whistle on. | 6. On medium heat, cook this until four whistles go off. You might have to cook it longer, depending on the type of pressure cooker you are using. | 7. Switch off the gas. Let the pressure cooker cool down. | 8. Remove the lid and check if the lentils are soft and adjust the salt level. | 9. If the lentils appear to be a little andante, place the pressure cooker back on the stove with the lid on and wait for another two whistles to go off. | 10. Repeat step 8. | 11. Garnish with Juliann fresh ginger and serve hot to your loved ones! | 12. Tips: This recipe can be turned to ‘Mung Bean Soup’ by adding more water. | 13. Number of whistles will depend on the duration for which the lentils were soaked in water. Longer the soak time, less whistles it will require. | 14. However, soak the lentils no longer then two hours. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
green mung bean	1	cup		-	-	-	-
green chili pepper	1			89.955	21.2744	4.4978	0.4498
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
red chili powder	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
asafoetida powder	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
garam masala	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
bay leaf	2			-	-	-	-
yellow onion	1/2		chopped	57.42	3.4191	0.4132	4.698
tomato	1	tomatoes	chopped	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	4		chopped	-	-	-	-
ginger	1	tablespoon	chopped	4.8	1.0662	0.1092	0.045
clove	2	cloves		-	-	-	-
ghee	1/2	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
water	4	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.