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Mung bean curry
Mung bean curry is an Indian style curry and with the ingredients that are easily available here in the United States. Very flavourful side dish best to serve with rice or naan.
Course
Side Dish
Cuisine
Indian
Prep Time
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
12
minutes
minutes
Soaking time
6
hours
hours
Total Time
6
hours
hours
27
minutes
minutes
Servings
4
servings
Calories
283
kcal
Author
Sujatha Muralidhar
Equipment
Instant Pot
Ingredients
Ingredients for soaking
1
cup
moong bean
Presoaked minimum for 6 hours
4
cups
water
Other Ingredients
2
tablespoon
vegetable oil
½
teaspoon
cumin seeds
onion
¼
cup
onion
chopped
2
tablespoon
garlic
7
oz
diced tomato
canned/fresh
1
teaspoon
cayenne pepper
or as required
½
teaspoon
ground Coriander
¼
teaspoon
turmeric powder
¼
cup
cilantro
chopped
2
cups
water
1
tablespoon
butter
optional or coconut milk or fresh cream
Instructions
For prepping
Soak mung bean in 6 cups of water for 6 hours. Then rinse and drain moong dal and set aside. Discard the water.
For seasoning
Set the Instant pot to saute mode.
Add vegetable oil, cumin seeds. Wait until cumin seeds slightly change its color.
Add onion and saute until it turns translucent.
Now add minced garlic, and saute till fragrance.
Add canned diced tomato. Saute for a minute
Add cayenne pepper, ground coriander, and turmeric powder.
Sauce for a few seconds.
Add soaked and drained mung bean.
For cooking
Set the Instant pot cooking timer for 12 minutes.
Wait for 10 minutes to release the steam naturally.
Open the lid, add salt, chopped cilantro and butter.
Use a whisk to slightly crush the mung bean.
Transfer to a serving bowl and serve hot with naan or rice.
Notes
Presoak the mung bean for minum of 6 hours to overnight.
More it soaks the better is the result.
If you do not have time for soaking, you may dry roast the mung bean to speed up the cooking time.
Nutrition
Calories:
283
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
36
g
|
Protein:
13
g
|
Fat:
11
g
|
Saturated Fat:
8
g
|
Cholesterol:
8
mg
|
Sodium:
46
mg
|
Potassium:
764
mg
|
Fiber:
9
g
|
Sugar:
5
g
|
Vitamin A:
480
IU
|
Vitamin C:
9
mg
|
Calcium:
95
mg
|
Iron:
4
mg