Green Gram Chaat Recipe
Green gram vegetable chaat is a healthy, tasty and delicious salad / chaat recipe made with boiled green gram, onion, carrots and tempered with spices. It is a great, healthy and quick option for evening snacks and also for the upcoming navaratri festival and serves it as prasadam. This chaat recipe is so simple and can be made in less than 30 minutes.
Equipment
- Cooking pot
Ingredients
For cooking green gram
- 1 cup Whole Green gram
- 2½ cups Water
- 1 teaspoon Salt
For Tempering
- 1 teaspoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1 teaspoon Split Urad Dal
- ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
For Chaat
- 1 medium Onion peeled & chopped finely
- 1 no Green Chillies chopped finely
- 1 no Carrot grated
- ½ teaspoon Salt or to taste
- ¼ cup Coriander leaves finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice or to taste
Instructions
- 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 green gram and toss well. Sprinkle over coriander leaves and lemon juice. Toss well. Serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingsCalories: 139kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 9gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.003gSodium: 593mgPotassium: 468mgFiber: 6gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 126IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 58mgIron: 3mg
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