Green Gram Sundal
- 40 min
- mild
- Serves 4
Green gram sundal, a Tamil Nadu snack of soaked green gram with a mustard tempering, coconut and lemon. Mild, vegetarian, serves 4, 40 minutes plus soaking.
You’ll need: Pressure Cooker
Good for: Vinayagar Chaturthi, Navaratri & Ayudha Pooja, Navaratri, Ayudha Puja
Ingredients
Mung Bean, For Soaking200 grams
Water, For Soaking600 ml
Salt1 tsp
Oil2 tsp
Mustard Seeds1 tsp
Urad Dal (split)1 tsp
Dry Red Chilli, De-stemmed2 grams
Asafoetida0.5 grams
Curry leaves2 grams
Green Chilli, Slit5 grams
Coconut (Grated), Grated30 grams
Coriander Leaves, Finely Chopped6 grams
Lemon Juice1 tbsp
Contains: wheat.
Nutrition
Per 1 person, and for all 4 people. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per 1 person | All 4 people |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 235kcal | 940kcal |
| Protein | 13g | 51g |
| Carbohydrate | 34g | 136g |
| Fat | 6.1g | 24g |
| Fibre | 9.4g | 38g |
| Sugar | 4g | 16g |
Cookd masalas for mung bean
Method
Rinse the green gram well. Soak it in the soaking water for 6 hours. Drain the soaking water.
Get ready: grate the coconut. Rinse the curry leaves, green chilli and coriander leaves. Remove the stalks from the dry red chillies, slit the green chilli and finely chop the coriander leaves.
Add the soaked green gram, pressure-cooking water and salt to a pressure cooker. Pressure cook on medium flame for 2 whistles, then switch off the flame and let the pressure release naturally. Open the cooker when the pressure settles; the gram should be soft but not broken. Drain any remaining water.
Heat the oil in a kadai on medium flame for 1 minute until hot. Add the mustard seeds and fry for 1 minute until they splutter. Add the urad dal, dry red chilli, asafoetida, curry leaves and green chilli, and fry for 1 to 2 minutes until the dal turns light golden.
Add the cooked green gram and grated coconut to the kadai. Mix gently and cook on low flame for 3 to 4 minutes until the extra moisture dries.
Switch off the flame and mix in the coriander leaves and lemon juice. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Before you start
- How long does Green Gram Sundal take?
- 40 minutes from start to finish. That is 10 minutes of preparation and 30 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Green Gram Sundal serve?
- 4. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Green Gram Sundal vegetarian?
- Yes. No meat, no fish and no egg.
- Is Green Gram Sundal spicy?
- It is mild: 1 on our scale of 3. Chilli scales gently when you change the servings, so doubling the recipe does not double the heat.
- What do I need to make Green Gram Sundal?
- 200 grams Mung Bean, 5 grams Green Chilli, 2 grams Dry Red Chilli, 30 grams Coconut (Grated), 1 tbsp Lemon Juice, 1 tsp Urad Dal (split), and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Green Gram Sundal?
- Yes, this one is cooked under pressure.
- How many calories are in Green Gram Sundal?
- About 235 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
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