Macaroni with Sprouted Legumes

This winter season gave me a chance to buy plenty of fresh legumes. Many fresh legumes started sprouting in the fridge without any efforts. I used these legumes in Pongal Kootu, Fresh Rajma and Banana Pepper Stir Fry, Fresh Green Peas Spread, Fresh Mochai (Field Beans) Stir Fry. With remaining fresh legumes I cooked a fast food using macaroni.

Sprouts with macaroni is a tasty and healthy meal. My son likes macaroni and I also started liking it when cooked with sprouts. To make it faster, I cooked this in pressure cooker as per the instructions given by the manufacturer.

Cooking Time: less than 30 minutes

Ingredients

• Macaroni – 2 cups
• Fresh peas sprout – ½ cup
• Double beans or Lima beans sprouts – ½ cup
• Butter beans sprouts – 1 cup
• Onion – 2 no
• Tomato – 2 no
• Green chilli – 2 no
• Coriander leaves – few
• Red chilli powder – ½ tea spoon
• Coriander powder – 1 tea spoon
• Garam masala powder – ½ tea spoon
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tea spoon
• Ginger garlic paste – 1 tea spoon
• Salt – as per taste
• Oil – 2 table spoon
• Capsicum and carrot one each – chopped for garnishing

Method

• Chop onion, green chilli, coriander and tomato; in a pressure cooker add oil and fry onion, green chilli; fry till onion is golden in colour; now add tomato, coriander leaves, ginger garlic paste and fry for few seconds.

• Add dry masalas, salt and fry for few minutes.

• Add all sprouts and mix well.

• Now add 3½ cups of water; (I used 1½ cup water for each cup of macaroni and additional ½ cup for sprouts); mix well.

• Now add macaroni and mix well.

• Pressure cook and when steam comes well put the cooker weight and keep in low flame for 5 to 6 minutes; allow it to cool and then open.

• Mix well, garnish with capsicum, carrot and serve hot.

Tips

• As water quantity and cooking time may vary for different brands of macaroni, follow manufacturers instructions.

This post is part of the fourth edition of the event “Food for 7 stages of Life – Healthy Fast Food (25-34 yrs)” hosted by Radhika Vasanth and Cook Like a Bong.