Pachaipayaru sundal | Pasipayaru sundal |Green moong stirfry
Pachaipayaru sundal, also called as pasipayaru/greendal/green moong sundal is a protein-rich stirfry prasadam prepared for festivals like Navratri.
During Dussehra festival for all nine days, sundal, variety rice recipes, and sweets are prepared and offered as naivedyam/prasadam to god. Festival means celebrations, inviting guests, prayers and joy. These kind of sundal recipes are easy to prepare and economical to serve for bulk gatherings. We can prepare this kind of stir fries with all kind of legumes and sprouts.
Prepare this pachaipayaru sundal in just 15mins as a healthy snack or quick morning breakfast. This green bean alternatively known as moon bean is a healthy bean item in the legume family because of its highest nutrient contents.
Let us see few health notes about green moong (pasipayaru).
Green beans consists of nutritional values which includes Vitamins Folate, Niacin, Pantothenic acid, Riboflavin, Thiamin, Vitamin A. Also it has Carotene beta, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K. It consists of minerals, which includes Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Selenium, Sodium, and Zinc.
Green moong helps reduce weight and fights Obesity because of it’s filling nature and high protein content.
Pasipayaru also lowers blood pressure, Controls cholesterol, helps fight cancer and controls heart disease risk.
Green moong also helps in improving skin health and hair health.
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For a complete set of Dussehra recipes please visit: Dussehra/Navratri prasadam recipes
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Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 cup green moong (pasipayaru/pachaipayaru)
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard
- ½ tsp jeera
- 1 tsp gram dal
- 1 tsp urad dal
- ½ tsp hing
- 1 big onion
- 1 tsp ginger (chopped)
- 2 green chillies
- 2 red chillies
- Few curry leaves
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup grated coconut
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
Preparation:
- Wash and soak pachaipayaru for 15mins.
- Pressure cook with enough water up to 3 whistles.
- Grate coconut
- Chop onion.
Recipe to make pachaipayaru sundal:
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and jeera seeds.
- Add gram and whole urad dals. Let them come to golden brown color.
- Now add chopped onions, curry leaves. Fry onions to a transparent state.
- Also add chopped ginger, green chilli, red chillies and mix with onions.
- Add little turmeric powder and required salt.
- Drain water from cooked green moong and add it in the pan.
- Mix together and saute for 2minutes until extra water is absorbed well.
- Now add grated coconut and mix well.
- Finally, add lemon juice. Adding lemon juice is optional to give a nice tangy taste to the sundal. You can opt out if you don’t like.
- Serve as snack or offer as prasadam to god.
Notes
Nutrition
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Preparation:
- Wash and soak pachaipayaru for 15mins.
- Pressure cook with enough water up to 3 whistles.
- Grate coconut
- Chop onion.
Recipe to make pachaipayaru sundal:
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and jeera seeds.
- Add gram and whole urad dals. Let them come to golden brown color.
- Now add chopped onions, curry leaves. Fry onions to a transparent state.
- Also add chopped ginger, green chilli, red chillies and mix with onions.
- Add little turmeric powder and required salt.
- Drain water from cooked green moong and add it in the pan.
- Mix together and saute for 2minutes until extra water is absorbed well.
- Now add grated coconut and mix well.
- Finally, add lemon juice. Adding lemon juice is optional to give a nice tangy taste to the sundal. You can opt out if you don’t like.
- Serve as snack or offer as prasadam to god.
Tips:
- Ginger is to aid good digestion when consuming legumes. You can add hing in place of ginger if you like.
- Usually, this green gram does not need overnight soaking. Just 15 to 30mins of soaking is enough to cook the dal.
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