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
- When it is cooked well, add in salt, sugar and coconut, stir for a minute, remove from the heat, add in lemon juice
- Whole green gram salad/usli is ready to be served
