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Main Ingredients | split green gram with skin (chilkewali moong dal), Turmeric powder |
Cuisine | Fusion |
Course | Snacks and Starters |
Prep Time | 7-8 hour |
Cook time | 31-40 minutes |
Serve | 4 |
Taste | Spicy |
Level of Cooking | Moderate |
Others | Veg |
Ingredients
- 1 cup split green gram with skin (chilkewali moong dal), soaked for 6-8 hours and drained
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 green chillies
- Salt to taste
- Oil for greasing and drizzling
Tofu Bhurji - 200 grams silken tofu
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1 small tomato, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1-2 green chillies, finely chopped
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon asafoetida
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh coriander leaves
- Salt to taste
Pickled Vegetables - 1 cup vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 medium carrot, cut into sticks
- 1 medium beetroot, cut into sticks
- 1 medium cucumber, peeled and cut into sticks
Method
- For pickled vegetables, heat a non-stick sauce pan, add vinegar, 1 cup water, salt and sugar and bring the mixture to a boil
- Grind drained green gram with turmeric powder, broken green chillies, salt and some water to a smooth and semi-thick batter. Transfer into a bowl.
- Add carrot, beetroot and cucumber to the vinegar mixture, remove the pan from heat and set aside.
- To make the bhurji, heat oil in another non-stick pan, add onion, tomato, cumin seeds and green chillies and sauté well.
- Heat a little oil in a non-stick tawa, pour some green gram batter and swirl to make cheela. Cook turning sides till evenly done on both sides. Make more cheelas similarly.
- Add tofu to the onion tomato mixture and scramble it well, add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and asafoetida and mix well
- Add coriander leaves and salt, mix well and remove it from heat.
- Place each cheela on the work table, keep a spoonful of tofu bhurji in the center and fold the edges from all the sides and secure it with a toothpick.
- Pack them in the tiffin box with pickled vegetables.
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