Green Gram Vegetable Chaat Recipe

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This simple and healthy chaat is great when you are dieting, it is packed with proteins and make a healthy, low fat, filling snack. We used to have this at 11 in the morning along with a cup of green tea. Whenever you diet you have to eat small portions of food throughout the day so you never go hungry..Will be sharing many healthy snack recipes soon.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 25 to 30 mins

Serves: 4 to 6

Ingredients:

Whole Green gram / Pacha Payaru – 1 cup

Water – 2.5 cups

Salt – 1 tsp

For Chaat:

Oil – 1 tsp

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp

Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu – 1 tsp

Asafoetida / Hing / kaya Podi a pinch

Curry leaves – 1 sprig

Onion – 1 medium size chopped finely

Green Chillies – 1 chopped finely

Carrot – 1 chopped finely

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped

Lemon Juice to taste

Method:

Wash and soak green gram for 30 mins. Drain it and add it to pressure cooker, cover with water and add salt. Pressure cook for 3 whistle, then simmer for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself, open the cooker and drain it. Set aside.

Now heat oil in a pan, add in mustard, urad dal, asafoetida and curry leaves. let them sizzle.

Add in onions, chillies and saute for a min.

Add in carrots and salt and mix well. Cook till carrots are cooked.

Add in the cooked dal and toss well.

Sprinkle over coriander leaves and lemon juice. Toss well.

Serve.

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