Ingredients:

½ kg. green gram

½ scraped coconut

6-8 red long chillies

½ tsp. cumin ( jeera )

½ tsp. mustard

½ tsp pepper corns

1 onion

3 flakes garlic

Small ball tamarind

50 gms. Cashew nuts (optional)

For Seasoning: 2 tbsp. Oil, ½ tsp. mustard, 4 flakes crushed garlic

Method:

Wash & soak green gram in water for 10 – 12 hours, then strain and tie in a thin cotton cloth and hang it for another 12 hours, so that the green gram is sprouted.

Cook the sprouted green gram with salt and little water.  Dry roast all the ingredients except coconut.  Grind the roasted ingredients with little water.  Heat 2 tbsp. of oil in a pan, add mustard, when they splutter add crushed garlic and then fresh coconut, cashew nuts and roast till golden brown.  Add to this the ground masala and fry for few minutes.  Add this mixture to the cooked green gram, mix well and boil for 2 minutes.