Green gram curry is healthy, nutritious and makes a meal wholesome since they are fiber rich and protein rich. It is fairly easy to make and can be accompanied with rice or phulka or roti.
After making pesarattu, I am usually left with some green gram which I refrigerate and use up the next day to make this curry. Sometimes i also make Sprout green gram .
Green gram curry can be made using sprouted green gram too. I have not used coconut or coconut milk. But one of them can be used and i have included the tips in the notes.
Green gram curry recipe
Green gram curry
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- ¾ cups green gram or whole mung beans or 1½ cups soaked
- ½ cup onions or 1 large chopped
- ½ cup tomatoes or 1 large chopped
- 1 green chili chopped (optional)
- 1 tsp ginger grated or paste
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- ½ tsp cumin or jeera
- ¼ tsp mustard seeds (optional)
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- Salt as needed
- 1/8 tsp Turmeric
- ¾ tsp coriander powder (or garam masala powder)
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves
- ½ to ¾ cup water
- 2 tsp oil
How to make the recipe
Preparation for green gram curry
- Wash and soak green gram for at least 4 to 6 hours. Over soaking will tend to separate the skin on its own while cooking. So just 4 to 6 hours soaking is fine.
How to make green gram curry
- Heat a pot with oil.
- Add mustard & cumin.
- When they begins to splutter, add ginger and curry leaves. Fry till the ginger smells good.
- Add onions and green chilli. Sprinkle salt and fry till transparent.
- Next add tomato, salt and turmeric. Fry till the tomatoes blend well with onions and turn mushy.
- Transfer green gram, red chili powder, coriander powder. Mix and fry for about 2 minutes.
- Pour water just enough to cook them.
- Cook till the green gram is tender. Since they are soaked well, they get cooked faster retaining nutrients to some extent.
- Garnish green gram curry with coriander leaves. Serve with rice or chapati.
NUTRITION
Notes
How to make green moong dal curry recipe
1. Soak green gram for about 4 to 6 hours. Make sure they are not soaked longer otherwise the skin comes out while cooking. Mine were over soaked and were almost about to sprout.
2. Heat a pot with oil, add cumin and let it splutter, add grated ginger or ginger paste. let it fry till you smell the aroma. Add curry leaves and fry till crisp. Sprinkle hing.
3. Add onions and green chilies and fry until transparent.
4. Add chopped tomatoes, salt and turmeric. Fry or cook until it turns mushy. If you want to add coconut you can add and fry for 2 to 3 minutes. At this stage if you wish to have a smooth gravy you can cool this mixture and then grind it with water. I did not, i prefer not to grind for my simple everyday dishes unless it is something special.
5. Add green gram, red chili powder, coriander powder and stir well.If you have ground the mixture, add back to the pot , then the green gram and red chili powder.
6. Fry for about 3 minutes without burning.
7. Add water just enough to make a gravy. If you wish to use coconut milk, refer notes in the recipe below.
8. Cook till the green gram turns soft but al dente . Do not over cook to retain nutrients. Garnish with coriander leaves.
for more dal recipes, check
moong dal recipe
tomato pappu
spinach and moong dal
sindhi kadhi
NPA says
Is the measurement of green gram given after soaking or before soaking?
swasthi says
Sorry. Yes it is after soaking. I will update the post
Imogen says
Turned out excellent.Everybody enjoyed it
swasthi says
Thanks for trying.
Serro says
The mung dal recipe was excellent. I am not a good cook but it did come out well. Today I am trying it for the second time.hope it comes out well, at least like my first attempt. Thank you
Malini says
Tried this today and and turned out great! Never made this before and everyone at home loved it, thank you!
Deepika says
Hey…i just tried this simple recipe with grated ginger n no coconut though..everythin as per recipe and it came out soo well..very tasty and beautiful. . . thankyou very much!
swasthi says
Welcome Deepika
Thanks for the comment. Glad to know you liked it
sharon k billings says
Wow I love this site! Made the green mung been Dahl and it was yummy! Going to try some other recipes. Thank you!
swasthi says
welcome and thanks
Beulah says
Was looking for something different to do for chapatti. Landed here. Loved it. Will be making it again. Thank you !
swasthi says
welcome Beulah
Happy to know you liked it. Thanks for the feedback
Nisha says
Hi Swasthi Ma’am..
Thank you so much for recipe.EVeryone loved the dish.Perfect recipe for sprouted moong dal.
swasthi says
Hi Nisha
So glad to know you liked this healthy dish. Thanks for the feedback.
Nishit Patel says
Perfect Recipe! I love curry moong dal with rice. 🙂
swasthi says
Thank you
Murali says
Hi Swasthi
The recipe is fine, but it doesn’t allow to copy or print for personal use. Please allow to print or copy.
swasthi says
Hi Murali
Due to Plagiarism issues we have disabled the options. Thanks for your interest.
Katherine says
I wondered the same thing as I usually copy & paste recipes into Word so I can print them for use in the kitchen. I had to type out the entire recipe instead….which was rather annoying. I do wish you would enable us to copy again, as it is much easier and quicker than typing it out. Love your website 🙂
swasthi says
Hi Katherine
Sorry for the trouble. We have a tough time dealing with copied content. Hope you will understand. Thanks a lot