Sprouted Moong Dal Bhel

Bhel is very popular Indian street food, I have grown up eating this whilst out and about on streets of India. This recipe includes sprouted moong dal, which is very nutritious.

To sprout moong dal you need, moong dal soaked for at least 2 days, changing water once. Then hang it in a muslin cloth or any think cloth and keep keep spraying water to keep it moist. It takes about 3-4 days for dal to sprout. Take it off wash and store in fridge it will last for a week.

Ingredients:(1 serving)

• 20 g puffed rice
• 2 tbsp sprouted Mung Dal
• 1 tbsp finely chopped red onion
• Half a tomato, chopped finely
• Half of boiled potato
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp of chopped coriander
• 1 tsp red chilli sauce (I used siryacha)
• 1 tbsp green sauce
• 1/2 tbsp tamarind sauce
• 1 tsp of cumin powder and chaat masala each
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp sev optional

Method:

• Mix potato, onion and tomatoes, add red and green sauce
• Steam mung sprout for 5 mins
• In a pan dry fry the puffed rice for 2-3 mins
• Let them cool, add sev, mung dal, coriander and mix
• Now add potatoes mix to puffed rice, mix
• Add chaat masala and cumin powder, lemon juice mix
• Consume soon after making otherwise the mix will go soggy.

You can check the recipe for green sauce here.