Ponnanganni green(Ponnanganni keerai) and mung dal

• Servings: 4
• Soaking time: 1 hours(minimum)
• Preparation time: 5 minutes.
• Frying time: 20 minutes.
• Total time: 25 minutes.

Today, I cooked the healthy combination dish with split mung dal (split green gram) and Poonnangani; is nice and delicious, indulge in goodness of protein and greens.

Ingredients:

• Poonnangani: 200 gm
• Onion: 1 no (medium)
• Ginger: 2”pieces
• Garlic: 2-3 flake
• Tomato: 1 no.
• Mung dal/split green gram: 50 gm
• Whole Red chilli: 2 no.
• Cumin seed: half teaspoon
• Chilli powder: 1 teaspoon
• Coriander powder: 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder: half teaspoon
• Salt: half teaspoon (as per taste)
• Garam masala: ¼ teaspoon
• Butter: 10-20 gm (as per taste)
• Ghee/oil: 1 tablespoon

Preparation:

1. Soak Mung dal/split green gram for an hour.
2. Chop the tomato, onion, garlic and ginger into small pieces.

Method:

1. Take a fry pan. Heat oil and add cumin seed, whole red chilli and sputter it for few seconds; add Chopped onion, garlic and ginger and fry it till it turns transparent (3-5 minutes).
2. Add tomato, fry till it become soft; add mung dal, fry it 2-3 minutes, add Poonnangani and stir fry  for couple of minutes, it will change the colour and starts shrinking.
3. Add salt, red chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder; cover it on medium flame till it is done and soft (about 6-7 minutes). Stir occasionally.
4. Finish off with Garam masala powder and butter; put off the flame. Transfer into serving bowl.
5. Serve hot or warm with Chapatti or Dost Paratha.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Ponnanganni green(Ponnanganni keerai) and mung dal by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.