Sprouted Moong Bean Curry (Mooga Gathi)
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Goan
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Serves: 3
 
Sprouted Moong Bean Curry, called as Mooga Gathi in Goa is a delicious vegetarian dish without onion and garlic. It is commonly made for poojas, weddings and festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi. It can be served with Pooris, rotis or rice.
Ingredients
  • Moong Bean: ½ cup
  • Scraped Coconut: ½ cup
  • Peppercorn: 6
  • Dry Red Chilies: 2
  • Tamarind: A marble sized ball
  • Tomato: 1 small
  • Green Chilly: 1 small slit vertically
  • Jaggery: ½ tbsp
  • Turmeric Powder: ¼ tsp
  • Asafoetida (Hing): A pinch
  • Mustard Seeds: ¼ tsp
  • Curry Leaves (kadipatta): 2-3
  • Garam Masala: ¼ tsp
  • Salt: to taste
Instructions
  1. Soak the moong bean two days in advance in sufficient water. Drain the water the next day and keep covered for another day.
  2. The moong would have sprouted by second day. Wash the moong bean properly and drain out most of the greens
  3. Grind together the scraped coconut, tamarind, peppercorn and dry red chilies.
  4. Cook the moong, green chilly and tomato with sufficient water till soft.
  5. Add salt, jaggery, turmeric powder, garam masala and ground coconut to the moong and let cook for 2-3 minutes.
  6. In a small pan, heat 1 tsp oil. Add mustard seeds and let splutter. Add hing and kadipatta and stir fry. Add all these contents to the moong. Mix well.
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