Sprouted Moong Bean Curry (Mooga Gathi)

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.

A typical Goan vegetarian meal at the time of Ganesh Chaturthi usually consists of Rice, curry like Varan/Toi, Mooga Gathi (Sprouted Moong Bean Curry), Khatkhate(Mixed Vegetables Stew), Mirchi Bhaji, Dudhi Bhaji and some sweet like Pays and of course Modaks.

Here is the step by step Moong Bean Curry (Mooga Gathi) recipe with pictures:

Serves: 3
Soaking Time: 2 days
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

Moong Bean: 1/2 cup
Scraped Coconut: 1/2 cup
Peppercorn: 6
Dry Red Chilies: 2
Tamarind: A marble sized ball
Tomato: 1 small
Green Chilly: 1 small slit vertically
Jaggery: 1/2 tbsp
Turmeric Powder: 1/4 tsp
Asafoetida (Hing): A pinch
Mustard Seeds: 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves (kadipatta): 2-3
Garam Masala: 1/4 tsp
Salt: to taste

Method of Preparation:

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 properly and drain out most of the greens
3. Cook the moong, green chilly and tomato with sufficient water till soft.

4. Grind together the scraped coconut, tamarind, peppercorn and dry red chilies.
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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Sprouted Moong Bean Curry (Mooga Gathi)

Sprouted Moong Bean Curry (Mooga Gathi)

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

35 mins

 

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.

Author: YourHungerStop

Recipe type: Main

Cuisine: Goan

Serves: 3

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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