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Green Moong Pulao

Green Moong Pulao- a healthy one pot meal made with rice, moong bean sprouts and mix vegetables.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Course: Lunch box Recipe, lunch recipe, street food, Tiffin recipes
Cuisine: Indian Cuisine, North Indian Cuisine
Keyword: dal pulao, mag pulao, moong pulao, moong sprout recipe, mung pulao, one pot meal, pulao, sprout pulao, vegetable pulao
Servings: 3 person
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cup Bean sprouts/moong sprouts boiled
  • 2 cup Rice/chawal cooked
  • 1/2 cup Bell Peppers / Capsicum / Shimla Mirch chopped
  • 1/3 cup Green Peas / Hari Matar Boiled
  • 2 big Tomatoes / Tamatar chopped
  • 1/3 cup Carrot / Gajar optional
  • 1 tsp Ginger / Adrak grated
  • 2 tbsp Butter, Unsalted / Makkhan optional
  • 3 tbsp Cooking oil
  • 4 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya

spices

  • to taste Salt / Namak
  • 2 tsp Kashmiri Chili powder
  • 1/3 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
  • 1 tsp Pav Bhaji Masala
  • 1 tbsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Ras
  • 1.5 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • 3 Dried Red Chilli, Whole optional

Instructions

  • Boil the moong sprouts in the pressure cooker with a cup of water, pinch turmeric and salt for 1 whistle on medium heat.
  • Drain and keep aside.
  • Heat a heavy bottom pan and add oil and butter or use only oil or ghee.
  • Now add the cumin seeds ,whole dried red chili and asafoetida in it.
  • When cumin start to crackle then add tomato pulp and salt, cover and cook on low heat till tomato become soft and mushy and start releasing some oil.
  • Add the chopped capsicums ,carrots and frozen peas , mix and cover and cook till they become soft but remain crunchy.
    IF available then use coloured capsicum in it.
  • Now add all the dry spices and the boiled mung and stir fry for a minutes.
  • Add the cooked rice and mix, you can sprinkle 1 tbsp water if needed.
  • Add 1 tbsp ghee and saute the rice for a minute and then cover and simmer for 2-3 minutes so it will heat up nicely.
  • Now switch off the heat and add lemon juice and fresh coriander in it .
  • Serve hot with raita, dahi or Gujarati kadhi.

Notes

NOTE-
  1. You can add any vegetable of your choice like- cabbage, cauliflower, beans,corn, capsicum etc.
  2. you can use both-long grain or short grain rice for making this pulao.