SPROUTED MOONG & METHI CHILA

SPROUTED MOONG & METHI CHILA


Green Moong Beans also known as Whole Green Gram are "loaded with nutritional health benefits" , especially so when they are sprouted. We use them fairly often in my house. You will see recipes for Sprouted Moong Salad, Sprouted Moong Curry, and Healthy Moong Chaat, elsewhere in this blog.

Today's dish is adapted from the recipe for a nutritious snack from Gujarat called Sprouted Moong & Methi Chila from the legendary Tarlaji Dalal. The recipe given below is for making 6 chilas.

Ingredients:

• Moong Sprouts (Whole Green Gram),  1 and 1/2 cups
• Green Chillies, roughly chopped, 4-5
• Ginger, roughly chopped, 1/2 " piece 
• Fenugreek Leaves (Methi) roughly chopped, 1/2 cup
• Besan (Bengal Gram Flour), 1 and 1/2 tbsp
• Salt, to taste
• Oil, for tempering and making the chilas
• Cumin Seeds, (Jeera), 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida, (Hing), 2 pinches

Method:

In a bowl, mix together the moong sprouts, chopped green chillies, and ginger with 3/4 cup of water.

Transfer this to a mixer and blend it to form a smooth batter

Move this back to the bowl and add the chopped fenugreek leaves, besan, and salt.

Mix well to form a smooth batter and keep aside.

In a small non-stick pan, add 1 tsp of oil and when it gets heated add the cumin seeds

When they sizzle, add the asafoetida and mix well

Pour this tempering onto the batter and mix well

Heat and grease a non-stick tawa (griddle) 

Pour a ladleful of batter on the tawa 

Spread the batter evenly to make a circle of about 5" diameter to make a chila

Cook the chila first on one side till it becomes golden brown than, flip and cook the other side likewise by pouring oil on the edges of the chila

Repeat with the remaining batter to make more chilas 

Serve the chilas hot with mint chutney and a little curds.