Green Mung Bean Curry Recipe
Green Mung Beans are packed with proteins and are an excellent source of valuable nutrients. This curry is a great combination with Rotis/Chapathis.
Summary
Preparation Time5 MinCooking Time20 Min
Ready In25 MinDifficulty LevelEasy
Health IndexHealthy++Servings5
Ingredients
| Whole green moong dal/Moong beans | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Tomatoes | 1 , chopped | |
| Mustard seeds | 2 Pinch | |
| Jeera/Cumin seeds | 1⁄4 Teaspoon | |
| Dry red chillies | 3 | |
| Onion | 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs), finely chopped | |
| Garlic | 2 Clove (10 gm), finely chopped | |
| Ginger | 2 Inch, finely chopped | |
| Cloves | 3 | |
| Cinnamon sticks | 3 Small | |
| Hing | 2 Pinch (asafoetida) | |
| Turmeric powder | 2 Pinch |
Directions
Soak Moong Dal in 2 cups water overnight or for at least 8 hours. Pressure cook until moong beans turn tender (approx 3 whistles). Keep aside.
Heat a skillet. Add 3 tbs oil, when hot, add mustard seeds and allow them to splutter. Add cumin seeds, curry leaves, cloves, cinnamon sticks,dry red chillies (break them into halves),chopped onion, ginger and garlic.
Saute until onion begins to change color. Add chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, salt, chilly powder and hing. Mix well. Cover and cook until tomatoes turn tender.
Add the pressure cooked moong bean. Cover and continue to cook for another 5 minutes. You may also mash some of the moong beans to get a thicker gravy.
Serve Hot with any Indian Flat Bread.
Heat a skillet. Add 3 tbs oil, when hot, add mustard seeds and allow them to splutter. Add cumin seeds, curry leaves, cloves, cinnamon sticks,dry red chillies (break them into halves),chopped onion, ginger and garlic.
Saute until onion begins to change color. Add chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, salt, chilly powder and hing. Mix well. Cover and cook until tomatoes turn tender.
Add the pressure cooked moong bean. Cover and continue to cook for another 5 minutes. You may also mash some of the moong beans to get a thicker gravy.
Serve Hot with any Indian Flat Bread.
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Amy Furtado says :
Hey this was indeed a fantastic and easy recipe. Not only my family but my colleagues liked it too.....ah...i really detested cooking mung...but finally i have one more dish to my family's platter
Posted on: 19 July 2010 - 3:25am
westcoastlina says :
Loved this dish...had forgotten how to cook Mung Beans and found your website. I soaked the the beans overnight, cooked them in lightly salted water for under an hour. I did not have all the spices you listed so I improvised with coriander seed, cumin seed, chili flakes, and turmeric. I also added kale to the other vegetables and combined all. It was hearty and a very comforting dish. Thanks!
Posted on: 19 February 2010 - 11:01pm
panbatta says :
hi, today i bought a bag of whole green mung beans. somehow it tasted bitter while i was cooking them in water. They were half cooked . why do you think it is so?
thanks
pan
Posted on: 3 October 2009 - 8:58pm
panbatta says :
I bought a bag of green whole mung beans. Why do you think it is bitter. I tasted them while it was being half cooked.
thanks
pan
Posted on: 3 October 2009 - 8:56pm
Snigdha says :
Raw Beans generally taste a little bitter but they will taste nice and tender once they have been pressure cooked. It is recommended that you soak the mung beans overnight before pressure cooking them the following morning. If your are unable to pressure cook/do not have a pressure cooker, then you may boil the beans in lightly salted water after pre-soaking the beans for 10 hours at least.
Posted on: 5 October 2009 - 12:33pm
veg foodie says :
i had no idea...moong daal were called mung beans :)
The cook time is pretty low. this will be good for breakfast with toasted bread too... very easy to fix and nutritious. thanks for this :)
Posted on: 28 May 2009 - 2:25am
veg foodie says :
i had no idea...moong daal were called mung beans :)
The cook time is pretty low. this will be good for breakfast with toasted bread too... very easy to fix and nutritious. thanks for this :)
Posted on: 28 May 2009 - 2:14am
srividya76 says :
Healthy Green Mung Bean Curry. Thank you for posting.
Posted on: 3 November 2008 - 3:50am
Ganesh Dutta says :
IT is very proteinous dish. it is not only healthy but also very delicious.
Thanks for posting this nice recipe.
Posted on: 30 October 2008 - 12:06pm
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