Twists in daily cooking 4 better health and taste.: Green Grams Sprouts Gashi.

Green Grams Sprouts Gashi.

This is a special dish of Udupi called “Gashi”. It is a sweet and sour dish without toor dhal. We can make gashi using green gram (as it is or sprouted) or any of the seeds like kadale (brown variety), peas (fresh, dried green or yellow ones), soya beans, lobia (alasande beeja) etc. All seeds used need to be soaked in water over night.

Ingredients:

1) Sprouted green grams – ½ to 3/4 cup. 2) Tamarind – ½ lime size 3) Jaggery – 1/2 tsp. 4) For Masala – Jeera seeds – 1 tsp 5) Red chillies (Byadgi) 3-4. 6) Coconut gratings 3 tablespoons. 7) Turmeric powder ½ tsp 8) salt – as needed. 9) Green chilli – one, optional. 10) For tadka – mustard – ¾ tsp, red chilli -1, curry leaves few, cooking oil – 2 tsps, asafoetida -1/2 tsp

Ingredients: Green Gram Sprouts, red chillies, curry leaves, coconut, green chilli, jaggery,
tamarind,turmeric powder, jeera seeds, salt. And Tadka items seperately.

Method:

In ½ tsp of cooking oil (coconut oil) mildly roast red chillies and finally add jeera seeds and coconut gratings and put off flame. Cool it and grind with some water to fine paste and keep it aside.

Dissolve tamarind in water and dilute it to one cup and boil it in a kadai till raw smell goes. Add jaggery and stir to dissolve and add turmeric powder also. Add sprouted green grams and cook on low flame for 2-3 minutes. Add salt as needed. Now add the masala paste and again bring ti boil on a low flame. Test taste it and if needed add more jaggery or salt as needed. Finally add one green chilli, obliquely cut into 2 or 3 pieces (to be squeezed and used later while eating, if anyone desires the dish to be more spicy). Transfer it to a serving dish and garnish with mustard, red chillies, curry leaves and asafoetida powder.