Thursday, January 19, 2012

Mustard Green Peas Chana Curry


This is my second recipe on mustard greens.One day I had mustard greens in bulk so I had  time to make experiments. I tried this recipe and it was success. It is very easy and tasty too.    it is very helpful recipe for winter season.In this I used Small chick peas(chana), green peas along with mustard greens. It is a combination of vitamins ,minerals and protiens.This is very healthy recipe.
Mustard greens are loaded with a range of nutrients including vitamins (A, B1, B2, B3, B6, C, E and K), folate, magnesium, calcium iron, phosphorus, potassium, protein, iron, dietary fibre and more, while being a low-calorie food.It has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties and can protect you against heart disease, cancer and a host of other ailments.I hope you like it too.....

Ingredients:
Mustard greens, finely chopped -2 cups
Chana(chick peas) ,boiled- 1/4 cup
Green Peas ,boiled- 1/4 cup
Ginger-Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves - few
Lemon Juice - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Grind together:
Toor dal - 2tbsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tbsp
green chilli - 1
Coriander seeds - 2 tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp
Grated coconut - 1 tbsp 

  1. First Dry roast all the ingredients (under grind together ) one by one except coconut  and let them cool for some time.
  2. Grind all the roasted ingredients with grated coconut to make fine paste by adding little water. Keep it aside.
  3. Grind the mustard greens in mixer to make fine paste by adding little water. Keep it aside.
  4. Heat oil in pan add ginger garlic paste and saute for a while.
  5. Add mustard green puree and stir well.
  6. Add  boiled green peas and Chick peas(chana) and mix well.
  7. Add prepared coconut paste and saute for 2 minutes.
  8. Add little water to get gravy consistency and stir well and cook for 2 minutes.
  9. Finally add salt and coriander leaves and remove from heat.
  10. Add lemon juice and mix well.
  11. Now yummy and healthy mustard green peas chana curry is ready to eat with roti or steamed rice.

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