Mung Bean Sprouts Pulao

1 cup mung bean, overnight soak

Sprout for 2 days.

Yields: 3 cups mung bean sprouts

1 cup basmati rice, soak for 20 minutes

2 tbsp coconut oil

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 bay leave

1/2" cinnamon stick

2 cloves

1 star anise

2 cardamom

Heat oil in a pressure pan, add all the spices, sauté till it changes color.

2 cups onion, sliced

Add onion, sauté for 5 minutes.

1/2 tbsp ginger, grated

1/2 tbsp garlic, grated

Add ginger, garlic, sauté for a minute.

1 and 1/2 cups mung bean sprouts

Add mung bean sprouts, sauté for 3 minutes.

1 cup tomatoes, chopped

1/4 cup mint, chopped

1 and 3/4 tsp salt

1 and 1/4 tsp red chili powder

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp garam masala powder

Add tomatoes, mint, all the spices, mix well, sauté for 2 more minutes.

Add rice, mix well.

3 cups water

Add water, mix, allow to boil. Cover, pressure cook in medium flame for 6 minutes.

cilantro, chopped

Garnish with cilantro leaves.

 

Taste Note: Tastes Good

Sprouted Mung Bean Soup with Vegetables

Serves: 3

Sprouts

1 cup mung bean, overnight soak

Sprout for 2 days.

Yields: 3 cups mung bean sprouts

Crushed Tomatoes

2 pound tomatoes 

Boil large pot of water.

Make x on each tomatoes.

Add all tomatoes to the boiling water and leave them for 2 minutes. Fish out all tomatoes, remove the skin and seeds. Crush the tomatoes using potato masher.

Soup

2 tbsp olive oil

1 and 1/2 cups onion, chopped

Heat oil in a pan, add onion, sauté for 5 minutes in medium flame.

1 cup celery, chopped

1 cup carrot, chopped

3 cloves garlic, grated

Add celery, carrot, garlic, sauté for 5 more minutes.

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

Add turmeric powder, stir to combine.

1 cup zucchini, chopped (1 large)

1 and 1/2 cups green beans, chopped (8 ounces)

28 ounces crushed tomatoes (2 pounds of fresh tomatoes)

8 cups water

zest from 1 lemon

3 tbsp lemon juice (juice and zest of 1 lemon)

2 and 1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp ground black pepper

8 spring fresh thyme

Add zucchini, green beans, crushed tomatoes, water, juice and zest from 1 lemon, salt, ground black pepper, fresh thyme, stir to combine. Simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes.

1 and 1/2 cup sprouted mung beans

3/4 cup quinoa

Add sprouted mung beans, quinoa, stir, allow to boil and simmer for 20 more minutes. 

Taste Note: Tastes AWESOME

Source: runningtothekitchen 

Okra Stir Fry

2 tbsp coconut oil

1/2 tsp mustard seeds (1 tsp)

1 tsp urad dal

1 tsp channa dal

1/8 tsp cumin seeds

Heat oil in a cast iron pan. Add mustard seeds, when it starts to splutter, add urad dal, sauté. 

1 cup onion, chopped

Add onion, sauté  for 5 minutes in medium flame. (10 minutes)

1 lb okra, wash and dry, chop into tiny rounds (2 boxes) (1.5 pounds)

Add okra, sauté for 2 minutes.

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 and 1/4 tsp red chili powder (2 tsp) (1 and 1/2 tsp)

1 and 1/4 tsp salt (2 and 1/4 tsp) (1 and 3/4 tsp)

Add all the spices, mix well. sauté for 15 minutes in medium flame.

Taste Note: Tastes AWESOME

Yields: 1 and 1/4 cups (3 cups)

Tomato Rice

2 cups sonamasuri rice, soak for 30 minutes

Rinse the soaked rice and set aside.

2 tbsp coconut oil

1 tsp mustard seeds

10 fenugreek seeds

Heat oil in a pressure pan. add mustard seeds, allow to crackle. 

Add fenugreek seeds and fry slightly, without burning them.

1 cup onion, chopped

1 sticks cinnamon

2 green cardamom

2 cloves

1 tsp fennel seeds

Add onion, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, fennel seeds, sauté till onion becomes light brown.

1" ginger, grated

1 tbsp garlic, grated

2 green chilies, chopped

Add ginger, garlic, green chilies, sauté until raw aroma of ginger and garlic goes away.

1 tbsp mint leaves, chopped

1/4 cup cilantro leaves, chopped

Add mint leaves, cilantro leaves, sauté for a minute.

2 cups tomatoes, chopped

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp red chili powder

1 tsp ground black pepper

1 tsp coriander powder

2 tsp ground cumin

2 and 3/4 tsp salt

Turn the heat to low, add tomatoes and all the spices, mix well, sauté until tomatoes becomes soft.

Add soaked and drained rice, mix well.

4 cups water

Add water, mix well. Cook for 3 whistles in medium flame. Cook in instant pot for 12 minutes in rice setting.

Taste Note: Tastes AWESOME

Serves: 4

How to clean a Burnt Pot / Burnt Pan

little more than enough water to cover the burnt portion

1 tbsp baking soda

1 paper towel

Boil all the above for 20 minutes in medium flame.

Turn off the stove and leave it for 20 minutes.

Wash it.

Usili Upma

Servers: 2

1/2 cup yellow split mung beans

Dry roast mung beans in low flame, until dal turns light brown.

1 cup raw rice

In the same pan, add rice, dry roast till the color of the rice changes.

1 tbsp coconut oil

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp urad dal

1 tsp chana dal

4 red chilies, broken, seeds removed

Heat oil in a pressure pan, add mustard seeds, when it starts to splutter, add urad dal, chana dal, red chilies, sauté till the color of the dal changes.

Add dry roasted mung bean and rice, stir well. 

3 and 1/2 cups water

1 and 1/2 tsp salt

Add water, salt, mix well. Cook for 2 whistles in medium flame. 

Source: pavithradiwakar

Taste Note: Tastes AWESOME 

Bajra (Kambu) / Jowar (Cholam) Upma with Vegetables

 1 tbsp oil

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1/4 tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp urad dal

1 tsp channa dal

Heat oil in a pressure pan, add oil, when the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, when it cracks, add cumin seeds, urad dal, channa dal, sauté till they become light brown.

1/4 cup cashew nuts / peanuts

Add cashew nuts, sauté till they are brown.

1/2 onion, chopped lengthwise and into 2

4 green chilies, chopped into 2

Add onion, green chilies, sauté for 3 minutes.

1" ginger, finely chopped

Add ginger and sauté for 2 minutes.

1 tomato, chopped

Add tomato, sauté until tomato becomes soft.

1 carrot, chopped

1 potato, chopped

1/4 cup peas

Add vegetables, sauté for a minute.

1 cup rava

Add rava and sauté for a minute.

1 and 1/4 + 1/8 tsp salt

Add salt and mix well

4 cups BOILING water

Add boiling water, close the cooker and cook for 4 whistles.

cilantro, chopped

Allow it to cool. Open the pressure pan, garnish with cilantro leaves.

Serves: 2

Taste Note: Tastes AWESOME