Moong Chilla/Dosa also known as Pesarattu is one of my favourite healthy breakfast recipes.
It is made with only whole green gram/moong. Many variants of the simple Moong Chilla can be made like the yellow dal moong chilla, green moong dosa, whole moong dosa, and then there is moong dosa with vegetables.
Moong Chilla Recipe
Ingredients:
Green Gram Dal-1 cup
Green chilli-ginger-garlic paste-1-1.5 tsp
Salt-as per taste
Oil
Procedure:
- Wash the green gram dal 3-4 times thoroughly.
- Soak it in water for 3-5 hours with 2-3 cups of water.
- Discard the excess water and then grind the dal to smooth thick paste using 1/4 cup water. *You may have to adjust the water quantity as per requirement.
- Heat a non-stick pan. Brush it will oil and then pour a scoop of batter. Rotate the batter in a circular motion to form the chilla.
- Let that side cook till slightly brown then flip it to the other side.
Variations:
Vegetable variations
- You can add spinach, green garlic, and coriander into the dal itself to add variations.
- You can fine chop and add veggies like bottle gourd, carrot, peas, onion, tomatoes, etc to the batter and then pour it into a chilla.
- Alternatively, one can use veggies as a filling into the dosa.
Spice variations:
- Instead of ginger garlic paste, one can just use turmeric, red chilli powder, or cumin powder.
Special Instructions:
Moong chillas are a plant-based protein recipe. Adding in vegetables balances it out as a meal.
Moong Chilla/Dosa
Servings: 4
Equipment
- Non-stick pan
Ingredients
- 1 cup Green Gram Dal
- 1-1.5 tsp Green chilli-ginger-garlic paste
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2-4 tsp Oil
Instructions
Pre preps
- Wash the green gram dal 3-4 times thoroughly.
- Soak it in water for 3-5 hours with 2-3 cups of water.
Making the Batter
- Discard the excess water and then grind the dal to smooth thick paste using 1/4 cup water. *You may have to adjust the water quantity as per requirement.
Making the chilla/dosa
- Heat a non-stick pan. Brush it will oil and then pour a scoop of batter. Rotate the batter in a circular motion to form the chilla.
- Let that side cook till slightly brown then flip it to the other side.
Notes
Variations:
Vegetable variations- You can add spinach, green garlic, and coriander to the dal itself to add variations.
- You can fine chop and add veggies like bottle gourd, carrot, peas, onion, tomatoes, etc to the batter and then pour it into a chilla.
- Alternatively, one can use veggies as a filling in the dosa.
- Instead of ginger garlic paste, one can just use turmeric, red chili powder, and cumin powder.
