One of my readers requested for recipes with moth beans – matki . These are one of my favorite beans to cook, as they do not require pre-soaking. Sprouting these is also easy compared to any other beans. So I use them frequently. This is one recipe I made up. This is not any traditional recipe, but I decided to name it amti anyway. This was very delicious. I served it with flavored rice and it made a very nice meal. You could even serve this for guests.
Ingredients: 1 cup moth beans (matki) sprouted 1 cup spinach 1/2 cup tomato 1/2 tea spn cumin seeds 1/4 cup onion Oil Salt
For paste – Fry a little in oil and grind with 1/4 cup coriander leaves 2 cloves 1″ cinnamon 1 tea spn chopped ginger 1 tea spn chopped garlic 4 red chillies 1/4 cup chopped onion 1 tea spn coriander seeds 1/2 tea spn cumin seeds 1/4 tea spn methi seeds
Method: Heat oil and add cumin seeds. When they start popping, add onion. Fry till they turn brownish. Now add tomato, salt and cook till tomatoes are mushy. Add chopped chopped spinach, sprouted beans and ground paste. Cook till done. Serve hot with flavored rice or rotis/chapatis.
Serves : 3-4 Preparation time : 30mins
PS: To save some time, cook the beans in pressure cooker before adding it to the dish. Sprouting the beans is optional.
When I was working in Bangalore, the company provided evening snacks to all employees. A different snack is served each day of the week. A ragi-vegetable dosa was one of them. I absolutely loved these dosas unlike all my friends. I have been trying to recreate it ever since. I think with this recipe, I came pretty close.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup urad dal 1 cup rice (I used 1/2 cup brown rice + 1/2 cup boiled rice) 1/2 cup finger millet(ragi flour) Salt Oil 1 cup(approx) vegetables (finely chopped/grated carrot, onion and cucumber)
Method: Soak urad dal and rice for about 4-5hrs. Grind to a smooth batter. Mix salt and ragi flour. The consistency of batter should be like normal dosa batter. Keep overnight for fermentation. Next day, mix in vegetables. Make thin dosas. Serve hot.
Serves : 4-5 Preparation time : 30mins
PS: Boiled rice and brown rice both make the dosas very soft. So for more crispier dosas, use normal white rice.
