There are many different recipes for making stew with whole green-gram. This is my own recipe which has a wonderful taste and can be served as main course. The quantities of ingredients mentioned in this recipe will be sufficient to serve six people.

Please go through the step-by-step instructions below

Step 1: Soak and Pressure Cook Whole Green-gram

Take about 250 grams of whole green-gram and soak in water for about 15 minutes
Heat about 750 ml of water in a pressure cooker and add the soaked green-gram to the cooker
Once the water starts boiling, cover the cooker with the lid and pressure cook for about 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, remove the cooker from stove and allow the pressure to come down

Step 2: Make Onion, Ginger and Garlic Paste

You can prepare the other ingredients required for the stew while the green-gram is being cooked.

Take one medium sized onion, remove dry skin and cut into pieces
Take one inch long piece of ginger, remove skin and cut into pieces
Shuck a handful of garlic cloves
Add all these ingredients together in a mixer grinder and make a fine paste
Transfer this paste in a bowl and keep aside

Step 3: Cut Tomatoes

Take three medium sized tomatoes and cut into pieces
Add the cut tomato pieces in a mixer grinder

Step 4: Make Tomato - Spice Paste

Add the following ingredients to the cut tomatoes in the mixer grinder

One teaspoon of red chili powder
One teaspoon of Cumin seed powder
Half a teaspoon of turmeric powder
Two teaspoons of dry coriander powder
About 1/4 teaspoon of asafoetida powder

Make a fine paste of all these ingredients along with tomatoes and transfer to a bowl. There is no need to add water.

Step 5: Preparation Step-1

Heat two tablespoon of oil in a frying pan
Cut four or five green chilies in halves and add to the oil in the pan
Add the onion-ginger-garlic paste to the pan and cook till raw smell disappears

Step 6: Preparation Step-2

It is optional - You can add two to three pieces of cloves, a small piece of cinnamon and few pieces of star anise to the onion paste for added aroma.
Now add the tomato-spice paste to the pan and cook over medium heat for about five minutes

Step 7: Add the Cooked Green-gram

By this time the pressure in the cooker might have come down. You can add the cooked green-gram to the other ingredients in the pan and add salt to taste.
Add little amount of water if required
There is no need to cook further. Once all ingredients are blended together, you can remove the pan from the stove
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves

This stew can be served as a main course with rice, bread and all