Moong sprouts usal !!!

Usal is yet again a Maharastrian dish,its basically prepared of different lentils but its mostly and commonly prepared with moong/matki or moth sprouts.In preparation of usal the sprouts are not over cooked but rather are just stir fired with some onions,green chilies and coconut. Usal is more tasty when you find little crunch while eating moreover you can say its other form of salad.

Servings 3-4

Total Preparation: 1 day for sprout 

Cooking time : 20 min

Ingredients

200 Gram Green Gram sprout/Moong sprout

1 large onion chopped/sliced

1 large tomato chopped
1/2 Cup coconut scraped
1 1/2 Tsp chili powder
1/4 Tsp turmeric powder
5-8 Leaves curry leaves
Green Coriander for garnishing
Salt as per taste
Oil for cooking
water if required

Method

• In Pan add oil,once heated add curry leaves ,onions and saute on medium flame .
• Than add chopped tomatoes,turmeric powder,chili powder and salt.add green gram sprout and toss on medium flame.
• Cover the pan with lid and cook sprouts with little water if required on low flame for 5 min.
• Add scrapped coconut and mix well in the sprouts and again cover the pan and cook for more 5 min and its done.
• Garnish with green coriander and serve hot with roti's or just eat as snack during tea time.