SPROUTS WITH VEGETABLES - SPROUTS SUBJI

Sprouts (మొలకలు) with vegetables is another healthy recipe. This goes well with both chapatis and dosa. It is a good combination of proteins from sprouts and a variety of vitamins from vegetables. Sprouting also increases the amount of vitamin C. This is a low fat recipe good for people looking for low cholesterol recipes. This is also good for diabetics when taken with chapatis.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup of moong (పెసలు) and red chori sprouts

1 small onion cut into small pieces                                    
1 medium tomato cut into pieces
1/2 cup of cauliflower pieces
1 carrot cut into pieces
3 green chillies cut into 1/4 inch pieces
curry leaves
mustard seeds
Cumin seeds
Hing
1/4 cup of coriander cut into pieces
Salt
Water
1tsp oil

Preparation:

1. Heat oil in pan, add mustard seeds, when they start to spurt, add cumin seeds and hing
2. Add curry leaves and chillies. Then add onion pieces, fry for a minute and add sprouts cover and cook for 2 minutes with salt.
3. Add carrot pices, cauliflower pieces and tomato. Add a 1/4 cup of water, cover and cook until the vegetables are cooked.
4. Add coriander, let it stand for a minute.
5. Serve hot with chapati or dosa.

CARROT PACHADI - CARROT SALAD

Carrot patchadi is a dish, I learnt from my Mother-In-Law after marriage. It is a very healthy and refreshing salad. Carrots are high in vitamin A and lemon juice has vitamin C.

                                                                 

                                             

Ingredients

4 medium carrots

1 bunch of spring onions                            

1/4 cup of sprouts (మొలకలు)

2 small green chillies
1 tsp chopped coriander
1tbsp grated coconut
1tsp lemon juice
salt
1 red chilly
1 tsp oil
mustard seeds
Jeera
Hing
5 curry leaves

Procedure:

1. Peel and grate carrots. chop the spring onions, geen chillies finely
2. heat oil in a pan on low heat.Add mustard seeds, when they start spluttering add jeera, hing, red chilly and curry leaves.

3. Mix all ingredients
4. keep it refrigerated till serving.
5. Serve with hot chapatis.

variation:  you can mix grated muli and/or spinach leaves, grated radish , coarsely ground roasted peanuts.