Vatana chi missal

Preparation time: 25 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

Vatana (dried  peas) - 2 cups

Onion (finely chopped) - 1 big

Tomato (finely chopped) - 2

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsp

Green chilli paste- 1/2 tsp

Tamarind paste - 2 tsp

Garam masala - 2tsp

Coriander (finely chopped) - 1/4 cup

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Chaat masala - 1/2 tsp

Oil- 1 1/2 tbsp

Preparation Method

• Soak 2 cups of dried peas overnight in water.
• Pressure cook peas with very little water, salt & turmeric.
• Heat the oil and put mustard seeds
• Add ginger-garlic,green chili paste chopped onions and saute for 3 mins till the onions become translucent.
• Now add chopped tomatoes, tamarind paste, Garam masala, chilli powder and cook till the tomatoes go tender.
• Add cooked peas and 2 cups water.
• Cook uncovered on a low flame for 10 mins and remove from heat
• Garnish with chopped coriander 

Note: The beauty of the dish is it can be served with Rice, Roti, Pav, or can just be consumed  as it is topped with farsand (Namkeen mixture/chivda)

Green gram fritters

Preparation time: 15 mins

Cooking time: 20 mins

Ingredients

Green gram/Moong/ Pesarlu -  2 cups

Ginger - 2 inch piece

Green chilies - 8 to 10

Medium Onion (finely Chopped) - 1 (optional)

Coriander (finely chopped) - 1/4 cup

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

Preparation

• Soak the green gram over night, grind coarsely and keep aside
• Blend the chilies and ginger in to a smooth paste
• Add the paste to the ground green gram
• Add chopped onions, coriander, cumin seeds and salt. Mix the batter well
• Heat oil in a kadai, drop little scoops of batter in to the oil and fry till golden brown
• Serve it with tomato sauce or green chutney