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Green Moong Moussaka-Cook Smart

This moussaka is specially for the vegetarians and what’s it is healthy too This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel

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Green Moong Moussaka-Cook Smart

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Main Ingredients Green gram sprouts (ankurit moong), Olive oil
Cuisine Greek
Course Main Course Vegetarian
Prep Time 16-20 minutes
Cook time 41-50 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Mild
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Veg

Ingredients list for Green Moong Moussaka-Cook Smart

  • 2 cups Green gram sprouts (ankurit moong) boiled with salt
  • 1 teaspoon Olive oil
  • 1 Large eggplant
  • to taste Salt
  • 1 Medium onion sliced
  • 2 teaspoons Garlic finely chopped
  • 2 teaspoons Ginger-garlic paste
  • 2 Medium tomatoes finely chopped
  • 3/4 cup Tomato puree
  • 1 tablespoon Green chiili sauce
  • to taste Black peppercorns crushed
  • 4 tablespoons Mozzarella cheese grated
  • 1 teaspoon Mixed dried herbs
  • 4 teaspoon to serve Yogurt
  • for garnish Fresh parsley sprig

Method

  1. Preheat oven at 180ºC.
  2. Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a non-stick pan and some olive oil in a non-stick grill pan.
  3. Thinly slice eggplant and sprinkle salt on them.
  4. Add onion to the pan and saute well.
  5. Place eggplant slices in the grill pan and grill, turning sides, till evenly done on both sides and grill marks appear on both sides.
  6. Add garlic, ginger-garlic paste and tomatoes to the onion, mix and saute. Add salt and continue to saute till tomatoes turn soft and pulpy.
  7. Heat green gram in a microwave for a minute.
  8. Add tomato puree to the pan and mix well. Add green chilli sauce, mix well and cook on low heat for 2-3 minutes.
  9. Flip the eggplant sliced in the grill pan. Add crushed peppercorns and continue grilling.
  10. Spread some of the cooked tomato sauce in a glass baking dish. Place some of the grilled eggplant slices on it and top with 1 cup green gram and 3 tablespoons cheese. Spread some more tomato sauce on top, put the remaining eggplant slices and top with remaining green gram and 3 tablespoons cheese. Spread the remaining tomato sauce on top, sprinkle dried herbs, drizzle yogurt and top with remaining cheese.
  11. Put the dish in the preheated oven and bake for ½ hour.
  12. Let it rest for a while before serving.
  13. Garnish with a parsley sprig and serve with a little cold yogurt.
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