Ingredients :
- Moong (Green gram whole) – 1 cup.
- coconut – 1
- Red chillies – 6 – 7.( fried in little oil )
- Bimbul (Bilimbi ) – 2-3 ( if bimbul is not available use 1 chana size tamarind )
- Chinese Potato ( Kook in Konkani ) – 8 – 10.
- Salt to taste.
For Seasoning :
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp.
- Curry leaves – few.
- oil – 1 tsp.
Method :
- Soak green gram overnight, then put this soaked gram in a muslin cloth, tie it tightly and keep in a warm place for another one day.Green gram sprout ready.
- Wash it well and remove the green skin as much as possible.
- Peel and wash kook and cut into dice.
- Cut bimbul in to round pieces.
- Grind grated coconut and red chillies in to fine paste.
- Cook green gram and kook (Don’t over cook it, it should not get too mushy )
- Add bimbul, salt, ground paste and continue cooking further for 5 -7 minutes so the rawness of the masala goes off.
- Turn off the heat.
- Season the curry with mustard and curry leaves.
Note :
- Instead of Kook you can use Malabar Yam ( soornu in konkani )
- You can also use Tender Bamboo Shoot .
For Seasoning
Instead of Mustard and curry leaves You can use Onions , then this curry is called Ambat.

