Mung Beans Chaat/Mung Beans Bhel

For the day 2 under the themes chaat I chose a simple yet healthy bhel made with mung beans.This can be made with mung sprouts also.Here I used the soaked one and steamed for 5 minutes to get a nice taste.You can even add some papdis and peanuts to give a nice crunch.This can be served with papdis or salty crackers like papdi chaat also.Off to the recipe.....................

                                                                        

                                                 Mung Beans Chaat/Mung Beans Bhel

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time ~ 15 minutes

   Cooking time ~ 5 minutes

   Soaking time ~ 8-10 hours

   Serves ~ 2

    

  Ingredient

Ingredient	Quantity
Mung beans/paasi payaru	3/4 cup
Onion(finely chopped)	1/4 cup
Tomato(deseeded and chopped)	1 tbs
Potao(boiled and cubed)	1 (small size)
Tamarind Chutney	2 tbs
Pomegranate seeds	2 tbs
Green chilly(chopped)	1(small size)
Thin sev (optional)	2 tsp
Coriander leaves (chopped)	for garnishing
Chaat masala powder	1 tsp

  Method 

• Soak the  mung beans with enough water for 8- 10 hours.Drain the excess water and steam it in a pan for 5 minutes with a generous pinch of salt.

• Now take the cooked mung beans jn a bowl and to this add the other ingredients except sev and mjx it well.Finally top it with sev.

• Serve it immediately.

Enjoy......................................................

•  The amount of peanuts and sev can be added according to personal preference.
•  Do not pressure cook the mung beans otherwise it turned out mushy.
• The chaat can be served on top of the papdi,like papdi chaat.

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