16 April, 2019

HESARUKALU USLI/WHOLE GREEN GRAM SALAD

One more addition to the category of legume salad/usli, using whole green gram/hesarukalu/sabut hara moong. Be it any kind of usli, we make them regularly very often. It is a very good accompaniment with tili saaru/rasam, so during summer it is made more and more. So below is the recipe in my way for very easy, quick, tasty, yummy and healthy, low-fat, high fiber source of protein hesarukalu usli/whole green gram salad.

I always cook the green gram in an open pan, but it can be pressure cooked as well up to 2 whistles or until soft in a cooker.

Some other usli/salad recipes on this blog are – masala corn pomegranate usli/salad , chickpea-corn-pomegranate usli/salad , hurali kalina usli/salad , chickpea/kadlekalu usli-huli , bengal gram/Kadlebele usli/salad , gugguri usli/salad , cowpeas/alasande kalu/lobia sweet usli , dried peas usli

Ingredients : measuring cup used – 250 ml

Whole green gram/hesarukalu – 1 cup
Water – 3 cups
Grated fresh coconut – 1/2 cup
Oil – 1/2 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Green chili – 1 tbsp
Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp
Curry leaves – 1 tbsp
Sugar – 1/4 tsp
Lemon juice – 1 or 2 tsp
Salt – to taste (I have put 1 tsp)

PROCEDURE :

Pressure cooker method :

Boil 3 cups of water in a pressure cooker, add in rinsed green gram and cook until two whistle (or depending on your cooker, because one whistle is enough in my cooker)
Then heat oil in a pan, add in mustard seeds, green chili, coriander leaves, curry leaves, then add in pressure cooked green gram, stir once, add in salt, sugar and coconut, give it a good mix, remove from the heat and add in lemon juice

Open cooking method :

Heat oil in a pan, add in mustard seeds, when they crackle, add in green chilies, coriander leaves, curry leaves, stir once and add in water

When the water is boiling rapidly, add in rinsed green gram, stir well, when it is rapidly boiling again, turn the heat to medium and allow it to get cooked