Pesarattu Dosa – Moong Dal Dosa

Pesarattu Dosa is a very popular breakfast recipe from Andhra Pradesh. It is very healthy and nutritious as it is made from whole moong beans. I learned this recipe from a friend. I tried it for the 1st time and we all loved it. It is a very flavourful dosa variety. One more to the Dosa basket 🙂 Unlike the normal Dosa we do not have to ferment this Pesarattu. The only planning to be done is to soak the moong beans the previous night or for 8-10 hours.

Now to the recipe..

[Preparation Time-10 mins : Cooking Time- 10 mins : Soaking Time – 8 hours ] 

Pesarattu Dosa Ingredients:

• Whole Moong Beans – 1 cup
• Raw rice – 1 tbsp
• Ginger – 1 inch piece
• Green chillies – 2
• Salt – as needed
• Oil – to drizzle

Method:

• Take moong beans and rice in a bowl. Wash it and add water a little bit more than immersing level. Let it soak for 8 hours or overnight. Next day, drain the water and add the soaked beans to a mixer. To this add ginger, green chillies and grind it into a semi-coarse batter.

• Add required salt and mix well. This batter needs no fermentation. So it is ready to make Pesarattu Dosa now. Heat a dosa tava and pour a ladle full of the batter. Spread it like a normal dosa. Drizzle some oil and let it cook evenly on both sides.

Thats it! Pesarattu Dosa is ready!

Serve with ginger coconut chutney!

Tips:

1. Soak the moong beans atleast for 4-5 hours. It is very important.
2. Fermentation is not needed for this batter. Dosa can be made immediately after grinding it.
3. U can top the dosa with finely chopped onions, flip it and cook the other side too.
4. Adjust green chillies according to your taste buds.
5. U can make the dosa thick like adai or thin and crispy.

– By Sundari Nathan