What a great idea to kick start your day with such a healthy and delicious breakfast like green moong dal dosa or pesarattu!! This Andhra delicacy is extraordinary tasty and yet easy to make with only a few ingredients. The best part of this dosa is, it does not need fermentation and the batter can be made with overnight soaked and then ground moong gram and rice
Green moong or whole moong dal is one of the most nutritious dals or lentils. It is said to be the storehouse of protein. I often add a few dishes made out of this wonder bean in my diet like green moong dal soup or green moong dal dhokla.
Any seasonal veggie or herbs can be added to the batter. Authentically, pesarattu is served with rava upma but I like to serve it with any bhaji and sambar
Course – Breakfast
Cuisine – Indian (Andhra Pradesh)
Prep Time – 4-5 hours
Cook Time – 25 Minutes
Total Time – 4 hrs 25 Minutes
Yield – 5 Servings
Author – Bharti Dhawan
Ingredients
1- Whole Green moong dal/lentil – 1 cup or 100 g
2- Dosa/Idli rice(sona masuri) – 2 cups
3- Water – 2 cups for soaking + half cup for grinding dal and rice
4- Ginger – 2-inch piece
5- Fresh green chilly – 2 nos. or to taste
6- Curry leaves and coriander leaves – 1 bunch of each herb
7- Salt – to taste
8- Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp
9- Oil /ghee for cooking – 6 tsp
Instructions
1- Wash and soak dal and rice in sufficient water for 4 to 5 hours or overnight
2- Add soaked dal, rice, ginger, green chilies, coriander leaves, curry leaves , and water to a blender to blend into a smooth paste
3- Add salt and cumin powder to the batter and mix well nicely with a whisk for atleast five minutes. Now prepare to make moong dal dosa
4- Heat a nonstick pan and add 1 tsp oil. Wipe it with a tissue making the pan greased
5- Drop 1-2 tbsp batter in the center of the pan and spread it in a circular motion with the back of a ladle
6- Keep the flame high and let it cook until the colour changes to light brown from pan side. Sprinkle some oil on top when it looks dry
7- Flip the side and let it cook the other side till perfection. Fold it and remove the dosa from the pan
8- Cook all the moong dal dosa or pesarattu like this and serve with coconut chutney and sambar
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