Name: Green Moong Pulao Recipe | Pacha Payaru Pulao Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1 Cup Green Gram (Pachai Payiru); 1 Cup Raw Rice (1 Cup - 250ml. We can use ponni or sona masoori or basmati rice.); 1½ tsp Salt (Adjust as needed); 1 nos Onion (Thinly sliced); 1 nos Tomato (Roughly chopped); 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves; 2 Cups Water; 3 nos Green Chili; 1 inch Ginger; 1 nos Garlic cloves; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds; 2 tbsp Grated Coconut; 3 tbsp Ghee; 1 tsp Fennel Seeds; 1 nos Bay Leaf; 1 inch Cinnamon Stick; 1 nos Star Anise; 3 nos Cloves

Green Moong Pulao Recipe | Pacha Payaru Pulao Recipe

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Green moong pulao is a protein rich rice enhanced with mild masala. Packed with nutrients this pulao is one of the healthy choice for Kids Lunch box. This tasty one pot rice can be cooked quickly and easily. It can be served with any Raita of your choice.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Soaking Time 20 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

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Green Moong Pulao is a delicious, protein rich rice which is quick and easy to make. We can make pulao with multiple vegetables or with pulses like green moong, chole, chana dal etc., In this pulao, Green moong along with rice is cooked with onion and mild spices to get fluffy and delicious rice. This is loaded with lot of health benefits and also very tasty. This can be served with any Raita of your choice

Tips to make Green Moong Pula

Wash and soak moong for atleast 2 hours. This will help the moong to get cooked with rice quickly in 2 whistles.
Soak rice for 20 mins so rice gets cooked quickly.
While grinding coconut-masala paste add only 2-3 tablespoon of water. We need thick paste hence do not add more water.
For 1 cup of moong and 1 cup of rice, we can add 2 cups of water to get fluffy rice
Cook for only 2 whistles in high flame and switch off the flame. Allow the pressure to release naturally

If you like this Green Moong Pulao, then you can also try other recipes made using Green Moong dal.

Green Moong Khichdi – Green Moong dal khichdi is a simple one pot dish of whole green gram dal and rice. Khichdi is wholesome and nutritious. This dish can be served with Papad / Raitha. We can skip the onions, and make this dish during festival days.
Pesarattu – Pesarattu Dosa is a famous Andhra breakfast dish. It is a light and healthy dish and is usually served with Ginger Chutney.
Sabut moong dal – No Onion No Garlic Sabut Moong Dal is an excellent protein rich dal which is a very healthy accompaniment for Roti / Naan or even plain steaming rice. This Sabut moong dal is a perfect dish for vrat (fasting) days when we have to exclude onion and garlic.