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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Sprout the mung beans: Wash and pick over the dry mung beans until the water runs clear. Add enough water to the pot so that the beans are just covered, and then cover the pot and keep in a warm place (during the summer, a window is good; during the winter, the oven is a good spot). Keep checking the water level every 6 hours, and add water if the beans look dry. The beans should sprout in about 24-48 hours. | 2. Once the sprouts are about 1/2 cm long, add about 2 cups water to the pot, and pressure cook the dhal until tender (each pressure cooker is different, but on mine, I turn off the cooker 5 mins after it begins whistling). Regardless, you want the dhal to be very soft and tender, but not mushy. | 3. In a heavy pot, heat up 1 tsp oil, and mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When the cumin seeds start sputtering, add the coriander powder and green chilies and sauté 1 minute. Now add the onions, and sauté until lightly brown. | 4. Add the cooked dhal, 1 cup of water, shredded ginger, 3/4 of the cilantro, salt, jaggery/sugar, and juice from lime. Bring to a rolling boil for 2 mins, and then simmer for 7-8 mins on low heat. | 5. Serve in small 'vatkis' (dhal bowls) with rice and roti (bread). Garnish with cilantro and lime quarters (so that people can add more lime if they wish). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
green	1/2	cup	washed picked	4.18	0.8227	0.418	0.0247
onion	1/2		diced	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
green chilies	2		minced	194.3028	48.0	0.0	0.0
ginger	1	tablespoon	shredded	4.8	1.0662	0.1092	0.045
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
mustard seed	1	teaspoon		10.16	0.5618	0.5216	0.7248
lime juice	1			3.7812	1.2735	0.0635	0.0106
lime	1		quartered	-	-	-	-
cilantro	2	teaspoons	chopped	0.1533	0.0245	0.0142	0.0035
jaggery	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
canola oil	1	teaspoon		39.78	0.0	0.0	4.5
coriander powder	1/2	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-

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