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moong soup with paneer recipe | mung bean soup with cottage cheese | paneer moong soup | Indian style moong soup is a pleasing, nourishing bowl to awaken your senses. Learn how to make Indian style moong soup.

To make moong soup with paneer, combine the moong and 6 cups of water in a pressure cook and pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles. Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid. Blend the cooked moong using a hand blender to a smooth mixture. Strain it using a strainer and keep aside. Heat the ghee in a deep non-stick pan and add the cumin seeds and asafoetida. When the seeds crackle, add the moong mixture, lemon juice, sugar, salt and pepper, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Add the paneer, mix gently and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes. Serve the moong soup with paneer hot.

Using whole moong in a soup makes for an innovative Indian recipe! Soft, pressure-cooked moong actually lends itself as a grainy and creamy base in paneer moong soup.

Flavoured with a tadka of cumin seeds, mustard and pepper in ghee, this Indian style moong soup is not ready to serve until you add small paneer cubes to enhance the texture. Squeeze in fresh lemon juice for a surprise tang, and ladle it out into soup bowls, piping hot!

Moong and paneer in this sumptuous mung bean soup with cottage cheese is an easy way to add up protein to a veg meal. With 5.1 g of protein per serving, it makes a completely wholesome and satisfying meal serve along with Chick Pea Salad.

This tongue-tickling Indian style moong soup lends in enough vitamin B1 (thiamine) too which is necessary for energy metabolism in the body. With good amounts of magnesium and phosphorus, this is soup benefits the heart and its not very high carb count makes it suitable for diabetic and weight-watchers too.

Tips for moong soup with paneer. 1. Soak the moong for 3 to 4 hours so they cook well. You need over cooked mung for this soup. 2. You can blend it to completely smooth as done in the recipe or blend it coarsely and enjoy its crushed mouthfeel. 3. If you are serving it later, add the lemon juice and paneer just before serving.

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Moong Soup with Paneer, How To Make Moong Soup

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Moong Soup with Paneer, How To Make Moong Soup

For Moong Soup With Paneer
1/2 cup moong (whole green gram) , soaked and drained
2 tsp ghee
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/4 tsp asafoetida (hing)
1 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp sugar , optional
salt to taste
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper (kalimirch)
2 tbsp finely chopped paneer (cottage cheese)

Method
For moong soup with paneer

To make moong soup with paneer, combine the moong and 6 cups of water in a pressure cook and pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles.
Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid.
Blend the cooked moong using a hand blender to a smooth mixture. Strain it using a strainer and keep aside.
Heat the ghee in a deep non-stick pan and add the cumin seeds and asafoetida.
When the seeds crackle, add the moong mixture, lemon juice, sugar, salt and pepper, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Add the paneer, mix gently and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes.
Serve the moong soup with paneer hot.

Nutrient values (Abbrv) per serving

Energy	90 cal
Protein	5.1 g
Carbohydrates	11.3 g
Fiber	3.2 g
Fat	2.7 g
Cholesterol	0 mg
Sodium	5.4 mg

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Health Benefits

Benefits of Mung, Moong, Whole green gram, Mung beans : Mung is rich in Folate, Vitamin B9 or Folic Acid helps your body to produce and maintain new cells, especially red blood cells. Being rich in Antioxidants like Flavonoids, mung reduces the damage done by free radicals to the blood vessels and lowers inflammation.
Benefits of Paneer: Paneer contains high quality protein and calcium which aids in weight loss. Since paneer is low in carbs and high in protein it gets digested slowly and hence good for diabetes. Potassium in paneer helps to reduce the effect of high sodium, by lowering blood pressure and contraction of blood vessels, resulting in improved heart health and reduced risk of heart attack.

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How to make Moong Soup with Paneer

Put the moong in a deep bowl and add enough water. Cover and soak the moong for 8 hours.
Drain the moong and keep aside.

Take a pressure cooker and fill it up with 6 cups of water.
Add the soaked and drained moong into it.
Pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles. Allow the steam to escape naturally before opening the lid.
Blend the cooked moong using a hand blender to a smooth mixture.
Strain it using a strainer to remove the rough portion and keep aside.

Heat the ghee in a deep non-stick pan. If you do not want to add ghee, you can even add oil.
Add the cumin seeds. Cumin seeds will impart a lovely flavor to the Moong soup with Paneer.
Add asafoetida for the desired piquancy.
When the seeds crackle, add the moong mixture.
Add the lemon juice for a little tartness.

Add sugar to balance the tartness of the lemon juice.
Add the salt and pepper to season your Moong Soup with Paneer.
Mix well and cook on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Add the paneer to the Moong soup. Paneer is loaded with nutrition and adds to the health benefits of this soup. You can either use store-bought paneer or make paneer at home.
Mix gently and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes.