Moong Chilla/Dosa is one of my favorite breakfast recipes. It can even be used for a meal or a snack. Plus, you can make different variations in the simple Moong Chilla.

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, 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.
• Alternately, one can use veggies as a filling into the dosa.

Spice variations:

• Instead of ginger garlic paste, one can just use turmeric, red chili powder, cumin powder.

Special Instructions:

Moong chillas are a plant-based protein recipe. Adding in vegetables balances it out as a meal.

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Moong Chilla/Dosa

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Soaking time4 hrs

Total Time4 hrs 40 mins

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: quick

Servings: 4

Author: Aditi Prabhu

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, 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.
• Alternately, one can use veggies as a filling into the dosa.

Spice variations:

• Instead of ginger garlic paste, one can just use turmeric, red chili powder, cumin powder.

Special Instructions:

Moong chillas are a plant-based protein recipe. Adding in vegetables balances it out as a meal.