Sprouted green gram [ moong ] fried rice

Ingredients :

• Sprouted green gram - 1 / 2 cup
• Basmathi rice - 1 cup [ soaked in water for 15 minutes ]
• Green chillies - 2 [ slit ]
• Big onion - 2 [ cut into small pieces ]
• Carrots - 2 [ cut into small cubes ]
• Capsicums - 1 big [ chopped ]
• Fresh green peas - little
• Caramalised sugar - 1 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Garam masala - 1 tsp
• Oil - 2 tbl sps.
• Ghee - 3 tbl. sps.

For seasoning :

• Cinnamon - 1inch piece [ cut into small pieces ]
• Cloves- 2 to 3
• Cardamom - 2
• Bay leaf - 2

Method :

Soak rice for 15 minutes. Slice onions, carrots, capsicums. Prepare sprouted gram previous day. Cook rice in enough water to which little oil and salt is added. Drain through a colander and allow to cool. Then heat oil and ghee together on frying pan, add seasonings. When it spulter add onions, green chilli. After a minute add carrots, peas, capsicum and sprouted gram in the order given one by one leaving gap of 1 or 2 minutes in between. When the vegetables and green gram become soft add  cooked cooled  rice, caramalised sugar, garam masala. Check the salt. Stir in a high flame for 5 minutes till rice becomes hot. Remove from the gas. Serve hot with boondhi raitha and banana wafer.

[ soak whole green gram[ moong ] in water for 6 to 8 hours. Strain through a clean muslin cloth and tie well. Hang it for a day to sprout. Sprinkle water in between. ]