Green Moong Beans and Eggplant Curry
Turmeric infused curry made with green moong beans, eggplants, onions, tomatoes along with garlic, ginger, green chili and dry spices
I like to add some sort of veggies to beans or lentils. This recipe shows a great combination of eggplant and moong beans. I know it sounds odd. I was not sure about this combination at first either but once I made it, it was a big hit in my house!
The thing that brings the most flavor out of this recipe is the eggplant curry. Once you have spicy eggplant curry ready, all you do is add boiled moong beans to it, mix it, simmer it, garnish it with cilantro and lime juice and last step, serve it over rice or with roti!
It is a great source of fiber and plant protein. And on top of that, it is completely vegan and gluten free!!
My family loves it, hope your does too!
Happy and Healthy Eating!
Moong and Eggplant Curry
Ingredients
- 1 cup Boiled Moong Beans
- 2 Italian Eggplants medium size
- 1 cup Chopped Yellow Onions
- 1 cup Chopped Tomatoes
- 1 tbsp Minced Garlic
- 1 tsp Grated Ginger
- 1 tbsp Chopped Green Chili or chopped serrano pepper
- 1 tbsp Salt or to taste
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp Cumin Powder
- 1 tsp Coriander Powder
- 3 tbsp Peanut Oil any oil with high smoke point works fine!
- ½ cup Chopped Cilantro
- 1 cup Water or as desired
- 1 tsp Lime Juice
Instructions
- Boil moong beans with ½ tsp of salt and 1 tbsp of oil. Keep it aside once boiled.
- Heat oil in a pan and saute chopped onions till they become translucent.
- Once onions are sauteed, add chopped tomatoes, minced garlic, grated ginger and chopped green chilis to it and saute till the water from tomatoes start to loosen up.
- Once tomatoes turn a little mushy, add all the dry spices to it and mix it well. Cook for couple more minutes.
- Add cubed eggplants along with one cup of water and mix it well.
- Cover the pan and cook till the eggplant is soften and almost cooked. Stir it every few minutes making sure it has enough liquid, if not add little bit at a time.
- Add boiled moong beans to the curry and mix it well. Add more water if needed.
- Mix it well and let it simmer for 3-4 minutes.
- Add chopped cilantro, 1 tsp of lime juice and mix it well. Serve it over rice or with any any type of roties!