Pasta with Sprouted Beans

Ingredients

Pasta boiled – 200 gms

Sprouted beans – 1 cup

Finely chopped cabbage – 1 cup

Onion – 1

Garlic – 4 to 5 flakes

Soya sauce – 1 tsp

Red chillli sauce – 1 tbl.sp

Tomato ketchup – ½ cup

Thyme – 1 tsp

Basil – 1 tsp

Salt and white pepper as per taste

Grated cheese to garnish (optional)

Method

Boil pasta and keep separately. Heat oil in a pan, add chopped garlic and sauté for few seconds and then add onions and fry till it becomes translucent. Then add sprouted beans, cabbage, soya sauce, red chilli sauce, tomato ketchup. Stir fry for few seconds and then add boiled pasta, salt, white pepper powder, thyme and basil. Mix well and cook for a minute. Remove from fire and you can even sprinkle grated cheese on top.

Misal Pav

Ingredients

To make usal

Mix sprout – 250 gm

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Garam masala – ½ tsp

Asofoetida – ¼ tsp

Salt as per taste

For making paste for the gravy

Onion – 1 cup

Garlic – 3 to 4

Ginger – 1 small piece

Tomato – 1 cup

Coriander seed – 1 tbl.sp

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Cinnamon – 1 small stick

Cloves – 3 to 4

Dry coconut –  ½ cup

For making gravy (kat in Marathi)

Paste

Red chilli powder – 2 tsp

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Garam masala – ½ tsp

Salt as per taste

For garnishing

Coriander leaves

Chopped onion

Farsan/chiwda

Serve with pav and lemon

Method

 For making usal, heat oil in a pan, add ginger garlic paste. Sauté for few minutes and then add sprouted beans and powder masala. Add a cup of water and pressure cook it till one whistle. Keep aside.

For making the paste of the gravy

Fry all the ingredients given on a low flame till you get a nice aroma. Blend it to a fine paste.

For making the gravy

Heat oil in a pan, add the blended paste and stir fry for 2 minutes and then add all the powder masala and cook till it starts boiling.

For serving

In a plate, keep pav and sliced lemon. Take a bowl, first add the cooked beans and then garnish it with chopped onion, farsan and coriander leaves and serve