Pasi Payaru Inippu Sundal/Green Moong Dal Sweet Sundal

Blogging Marathon #41: Week 1/ Day 2 Theme: Special Ingredient – Jaggery Dish: Pasi Payaru Inippu Sundal/Green Moong Dal Sweet Sundal For my second edition of cooking with Jaggery, I have ‘pasi payaru inippu sundal’ which is a snack item usually served to kids as an after school snack, or as a festival dish during … [Read more…]

Mung bean Salad with Tangy Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette

It’s hard to believe but I’ve got a writer’s block. This is probably the tenth time I have started writing this post, deleting whatever I had written and trying to rewrite it. I made this salad as part of my SBD phase 1 diet probably 3 months back, and this post has been sitting in … [Read more…]

Mung Bean Idli with Celery Walnut Chutney

Bored of eating soups and a whole lot of eggs during SBD Phase1, this is a recipe that I discovered that makes for a wholesome, filling and very satisfactory meal. Whether you are on a diet or not, this is a very good variation to the traditional idlies and a very healthy one too. The … [Read more…]

Spinach Scallion Pesarattu(Green mung bean dosa with spinach and scallion)

Pesarettu is a traditional Andhra dish, similar to dosa, but more to adai, because you don’t have to ferment this batter, instead you can make dosas immediately after you grind the batter. There are several different variations of this recipe that uses skinned moong dal, whole green moong dal and split green moong dal. It … [Read more…]