Sprouted mung bean fritters
Sprouted Moong Pakoda is one of the most favoured of recent trending snacks, Especially in the rainy season weather just adds the perfect romance of pakora and chai, and there aren’t many who can resist these crunchy fritters.
It is healthy & simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by many every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Sprouted Moong Pakoda is something that I’ve loved my entire life. I often prepare moong bean sprouts pakodas at home. They are mildly sweet, low in fat, and very nutritious. They are good sources of protein, fiber, and calories. You can serve them as teatime snacks, an appetizer at your next get together, sandwich them between bread for out of this world fritter sandwiches, or as a salad topper. You can also switch out the sauce for some versatility.
Moong sprouts nutrition is high, so it is the most popular type of sprout. They are eaten raw or boiled with other raw vegetables or can be made into soups or other green moong recipes. Sprouts are so popular that even at parties or marriage functions, there are options for sprout salads.
Moong Sprouts Nutrition:
Per 100 gram: Calories: 30 Kcal, Protein: 3.04 g, Carbs: 5.94, Fiber: 1.8 grams, Folate: 15% of the Reference Daily Intake (RDI), Manganese: 30% of the RDI, Magnesium: 8% of the RDI, Vitamin B1: 22% of the RDI, Phosphorus: 20% of the RDI, Iron: 16% of the RDI, Copper: 16% of the RDI, Potassium: 15% of the RDI, Zinc: 11% of the RDI, Vitamins B2, B3, B5, B6 and selenium
Moong Sprouts Benefits:
Sprouts are healthy and nutritious to eat daily as they are a good source of fibres, vitamin A, Omega-3 fatty acids, iron, copper, proteins, anti-oxidants, etc. Here are some of the benefits you can get by adding green gram sprouts to your diet.
- Promotes better digestion:
Sprouts have a high count of living enzymes and dietary fibres. Living enzymes boost metabolism and dietary fibres regulate digestion, resulting in better digestion.
- Blood pressure support:
Bean sprouts may help prevent and treat high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, thanks to protein building blocks called peptides. Peptides are produced in high concentrations when seeds sprout. They’ve been shown to reduce blood pressure in some studies.
- Eye health:
Because bean sprouts have high levels of antioxidants, they may help protect you from developing common eye conditions, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is the leading cause of vision loss in adults over age 55. Antioxidants may help reduce your risk of developing AMD.
- Improved blood circulation:
Eating sprouts boosts blood circulation as they have a good amount of iron and copper.
- Weight loss:
sprouts nutrition, being high and sprouts calories count being low are good for weight loss.
- Builds Immune System:
The various vitamins present in sprouts aid in making the immune system stronger.
- Improves hair growth:
Sprouts stimulate sebum production in the scalp, thereby preventing thinning of hair. Learn how to make sprouts at home from this simple recipe and enjoy their health benefits.
How to sprout Moong (Green gram)?
1 – Wash and soak moong beans for 12 hours or overnight. Drain all water the next day from the soaked beans and wash it. Take a kitchen towel or any other cotton cloth. Spread cloth over a bowl. Add soaked beans to the cloth.
2 – Tie the knot and tighten the cloth and keep it in the bowl in a dim corner overnight or for a minimum of 12 hours. Do not cover the bowl
3 – Sprinkle some water on the kitchen towel to make it a little damp. Do so every 12 hours. After a day the green moong sprouts.
4 – Once sprouted, wash the moong. You can store refrigerated in containers for up to 3 days.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have sprouted moong pakoda using 14 ingredients and 11 simple steps. Here is how you cook it.
Course: – Snacks
Prep Time: – 5 Minutes
Cooking time: – 10 Minutes
Total Time: – 15 Minutes
Servings: – 4 Peoples
Sprouted Moong Pakoda Video:
Sprouted Moong Pakoda Ingredients:
125 gram – green Mong Sprouts
5 tablespoons – Rice flour
1 medium-size – chopped Onion
2 nos. – green Chillies
5 nos. – Garlic cloves
1 inch – Ginger
3 tablespoons – Curd
1 tablespoon – Sesame seeds
2 tablespoons – chopped Coriander leaves
1 teaspoon – crushed roasted Cumin seeds
½ teaspoon – Turmeric powder
1 teaspoon – Garam masala
½ teaspoon – Salt (as per your taste)
Pinch of Baking soda
Cooking oil for frying
Method for preparing Sprouted Moong Pakoda with step by step photos:
1 – In a medium-size mixture jar add sprouted Green moong, then add the following ingredients
chopped Onions, 2- Green Chillies, 5 nos. – Garlic cloves, Ginger, 1 teaspoon – crushed roasted Cumin seeds, ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon – Garam masala, ½ teaspoon salt (as per your taste), Water (as per requirement) I have added 3 tablespoons of water.
Blend all ingredients together until it becomes a paste.
2 – Transfer this paste into a big mixing bowl and add rice flour, chopped coriander leaves and a pinch of baking soda and mix it well.
3 – Now add 3 tablespoons – curd, 1 tablespoon Sesame seeds to the above batter and mix well. Cover the lid and keep the batter for 10 minutes so that sprouts get saturated with rice flour. If the solution looks much thick, then add a little more water.
4 – After 10 minutes remove the lid and beat the batter again for 2-3 minutes. Consistency of batter should not too much thick or thin. It should be like as shown in the photo below.
5 – Further, turn on the gas and heat oil in a kadhai or frying pan on a high flame.
Frying Pakodas:
6 – Pour a small drop of batter in oil and check if the oil is heated enough for frying.
7 – Set the gas flame lower to medium flame and slowly add dumplings of a batter in oil with the help of a spoon. Fry 5-6 pakodas at a time. Fry the pakodas on both sides till they turn golden brown in colour.
8 – Keep flipping the pakodas on both sides with the help of a spatula or strainer, so they will not get burnt.
Once pakodas starts to change their colour golden brown remove the pakodas on a plate.
9 – Repeat the procedure for all pakodas.
10 – Here’s your crispy and healthy sprouted green moong pakodas are ready to serve.
11 – You can serve it with tomato ketchup, Pudina chutney, Tamarind chutney etc.
Sprouted Moong Pakoda
Ingredients
- 125 grams green Mong Sprouts
- 5 tablespoon Rice flour
- 1 no. chopped Onion
- 2 nos. green Chillies
- 5 nos. Garlic cloves
- 1 inch Ginger
- 3 tablespoon Curd
- 1 tablespoon Sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoon chopped Coriander leaves
- 1 teaspoon crushed roasted Cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon Garam masala
- ½ teaspoon Salt (as per your taste)
- Pinch of Baking soda
- Cooking oil for frying
Instructions
- In a medium-size mixture jar add sprouted Green moong, then add the following ingredientschopped Onions, 2- Green Chillies, 5 nos. - Garlic cloves, Ginger, 1 teaspoon - crushed roasted Cumin seeds, ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon - Garam masala, ½ teaspoon salt (as per your taste), Water (as per requirement) I have added 3 tablespoons of water.Blend all ingredients together until it becomes a paste.
- Transfer this paste into a big mixing bowl and add rice flour, chopped coriander leaves and a pinch of baking soda and mix it well.
- Now add 3 tablespoons - curd, 1 tablespoon Sesame seeds to the above batter and mix well. Cover the lid and keep the batter for 10 minutes so that sprouts get saturated with rice flour. If the solution looks much thick, then add a little more water.
- After 10 minutes remove the lid and beat the batter again for 2-3 minutes. Consistency of batter should not too much thick or thin. It should be like as shown in the photo below.
- Further, turn on the gas and heat oil in a kadhai or frying pan on a high flame.
- Pour a small drop of batter in oil and check if the oil is heated enough for frying.
- Set the gas flame lower to medium flame and slowly add dumplings of a batter in oil with the help of a spoon. Fry 5-6 pakodas at a time. Fry the pakodas on both sides till they turn golden brown in colour.
- Keep flipping the pakodas on both sides with the help of a strainer, so they will not get burnt. Once pakodas starts to change their colour golden brown remove the pakodas on a plate.
- Repeat the procedure for all pakodas.
- Here's your crispy and healthy sprouted green moong pakodas are ready to serve.
- You can serve it with Tomato ketchup, Pudina chutney or Tamarind chutney etc.
