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Osan

Course Main Course
Cuisine sindhi
Keyword Osan, mung dal, green mung, vegetables
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Soaking time 2 hours
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 4 people
Author Rama G

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Whole green mung
  • 1 brinjal slit into long pieces
  • 4 to 5 cluster beans
  • 1/4 cup radish cut into long pieces
  • 1/4 cup potatoes cut into long pieces (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1/2 tsp methi seeds
  • 3 green chillies minced
  • 1" piece ginger minced finely
  • 2 dry red chillies
  • Asafoetida
  • Curry leaves
  • 2 to 3 Kokum / 1 tbsp tamarind pulp
  • 1/2 tsp jaggery (optional)
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder

Instructions

  • Soak mung for 2 hours.
  • Pressure cook with turmeric powder.
  • Add water little by little to the cooked mung, mash and strain the mung water using a sieve. Keep adding water and continue the process of mashing and straining as much mung water as possible till you are left with only a fistful of residue in the sieve. It takes approximately 3 to 4 cups water.
  • Residues can be used to make parathas.
  • Heat oil, add cumin seeds, methi seeds and once they splutter add asafoetida, curry leaves, chillies and ginger and sauté.
  • Add vegetables and sauté further.
  • Add the dal water, kokum / tamarind paste, salt and jaggery and cook till the vegetables are cooked and the water thickens slightly & is reduced to three fourths. 
  • Garnish with coriander.