“Moongatamallum”/ Green Gram with Coconut

This is a Sri Lankan recipe made with green gram and coconut. Coconut is used in almost all Sri Lankan recipes and this specific recipe is a personal favorite of mine. It’s very simple to make. I prefer cooked green gram rather than eating it raw. This can be had along with rice or separately as breakfast.

This recipe serves 4 people and each serving provides approximately 156.6 calories.

Ingredients:

Green gram (soaked in water overnight) – 2 cups

Grated coconut ¾ cup

½ tsp mustard seed powder or mustard paste

1 tsp curry leaf powder

½ tsp turmeric powder

¼ tsp black pepper powder

½ tsp ginger garlic paste

Salt to taste

Method:

1. Soak  green gram overnight in water.
2. Cook the green gram for 20 minutes or till tender (add salt).
3. In a blender blitz coconut, mustard, pepper salt, turmeric, curry leaves and ginger garlic paste.
4. Mix with strained green gram, cover and cook for about 5 minutes.
5. Serve warm.

Recipe by Chaya Ranasinghe