Sanjivani Protein Chaat (Sprout Mung beans with Chickpeas)

Health Benefits:

Sanjivani Protein Chaat is a mouth-watering dish which will keep your stomach light while stimulating all your taste buds. It is eaten mostly as a side dish with Lunch/Dinner or as a snack. The protein chaat comprises of sprout beans, Sweet chutney, Spicy chutney and Curd. It is a well-known Indian dish which is usually all-age favourite. It has been modified to increase its nutritional value while keeping the deliciousness intact.

Ingredients:

• Mung beans, sprouted-1 cup
• Chana/Chickpeas, boiled-1 cup
• Curd-1 cup
• Sweet Chutney-3 tablespoons or as per taste
• Spicy Chutney-3 tablespoons or as per taste
• Cilantro, finely chopped-2 tablespoons

Spices:

• Turmeric-½ teaspoon
• Baking Soda-½ teaspoon
• Pita chips, crumbled/Indian Sev-½ cup
• Cumin Powder-½ teaspoon
• Black Pepper Powder-½ teaspoon
• Salt to taste which in most cases would be 1 teaspoon

Liquids:

• Water-4 cups

Cooking Instructions:

• To prepare, sprout mung, rinse 1 cup of whole mung beans and soak them in 2 cups of water for 48 hours. Keep changing the water every 12 hours. Then rinse again in a strainer.
• To prepare chana, rinse 1 cup of chana with water. Pressure cook/steam it with 2 cups of water, turmeric, salt and ½ teaspoon of baking soda. Once boiled, drain the excess water with a strainer.
• Take 1 cup of curd and whisk it thoroughly.
• Now in a bowl, take sprout mung and boiled chana. Mix well.
• Now add Sweet chutney, Spicy chutney, curd, Cumin powder, Black pepper powder and salt. Mix again.
• Garnish it with the crumbled Pita chips and finely chopped cilantro. Serve it fresh.

Other Variations:

You can also use Sprout Lentil instead of Mung beans.

Note:

Check our other blogs to learn the recipe of Sweet chutney and Spicy Chutney.