Mung Bean Dumplings In Yoghurt Sauce / PachaPayir Urandai Mor Kuzhambu

          Today's Recipe is Mor Kuzhambu with PachaPayir/Mung bean Urandai. Mung Bean Urandai really suits well with Mor Kuzhambu. This is my style of Mor Kuzhambu with Mung bean dumplings and i just loved  it with hot rice and pickle.  Mung bean dumplings are so healthy n nutritious than the regular tuvar/chana dal dumplings. love mor kuzhambu a lot n with this mung bean dumpling tasted so good n my kids too liked this kuzhmabu n the mung bean dumplings a lot. Do give it a try n let me know h it turns out to u :) Now to the recipe...




Ingredients
For Mung Bean Dumplings

1. Mung Bean / Green Gram    1/2 cup
2. Fennel seeds    1/2 tsp
3. Dry Red Chillies    4 no.s
4. Garlic    1 small clove
5. Onion    1/2 medium(finely chopped)
6. Cilantro    1 tsp(finely chopped)
7. Salt     to taste
8. Ginger    1 tsp(finely chopped)

Method

• Soak Mung Beans for at least 4-5 hours or overnight.

• Then add the soaked ming beans in a blender along with fennel,dry red chilli,garlic n salt ...just sprinkle little water and grind it to a coarse paste.
• After that transfer the ground mung bean paste to abowl and then add finely chopped onion,ginger n cilantro , mix everything well and make about 12 small lemon size balls

• Now grease the idly plates and keep the dumpling on tha idly plate/moulds and steam the mung bean dumplings for about 12-15 minutes.
• Once done, remove from the steamer,allow to cool and transfer the steamed mung bean dumplings to a bowl and keep closed until use.

For Mor Kuzhambu
Ingredients

1. Thick Buttermilk    1 and 1/4 cup
2. Onion   1/2 medium(finely chopped)
3. Tomato    1/2 (chopped)
4. Turmeric powder    1/4 tsp
5. Salt   to taste
6. Oil    1/2 tsp

To Wet Grind

1. Coconut     3-4  tbsp(shredded)
2. cumin seeds     1/2 tsp
3. Coriander seeds    1 tsp
4. Ginger     1/2" piece
5. Rice    1 tsp(soaked in water for 10 minutes)
6. Chana dal    1 tsp(soaked in water for 10 minutes)

To Temper

1. Oil/coconut oil      1 tsp
2. Mustard seeds    1/2 tsp
3. Cumin seeds   1/4 tsp
4. Dry Red Chili     3 no.s whole
5. Curry leaves    1 sprig
6. Hing    1/4 tsp

Method

• Grind all the ingredients under "to wet grind" along with little water to a smooth paste and keep aside until use.

• Heat 1/2 tsp oil, then add onion and saute for 1-2 minutes.

• Then add tomato and saute till turns soft and then add the ground paste stir for few seconds and add1/2 cup water and turmeric powder.

• Then bring the mixture to boil for sometime and then add butter milk and stir the mixture gently and cook the kuzhambu in medium heat for another 2 minutes.

• After that add the steamed mung dal dumplings and cook for another 2-3 minutes and turn off the stove.
• Now heat oil in a tempering pan and add the tempering ingredients one by one and allow to splutter then add it to the Mor Kuzhambu.
• That's it .Mung Bean Dumplings in Yoghurt sauce is ready to serve.

Sending this recipe to the ongoing event, , Cooking With Seeds (CWS) ~ Mung Beans guest hosting by Priya and to the event, Healthy cooking challenge-Healthy Lunch now happening @ Kavi's Edible Entertainment.

Notes:
For Original taste, use little sour butter milk or beaten yoghurt/curd.
Addition of tomato onion is optinal, you skip that process also.
Instead of mung bean dumpling , you can also use Paruppu Urandai or vegs like okra, ash gourd etc.