Instant Pesarattu / moong dal dosa

A super instant recipe for making Andhra Instant Pesarattu Dosa recipe in less than 15 minutes. This recipe (with step-by-step pictures) yields soft and crispy pesarattu and tastes excellent with peanut or ginger chutney.

This pesarattu dosa is made with moong dal flour and rice flour. And it's one of the famous green gram recipes in India.

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What is pesarattu dosa?

Pesarattu is one of the authentic breakfast dishes in South Indian cuisine. Usually made with green gram and rice and served with sweet and sour ginger chutney.

Traditionally, the batter for pesarattu dosa requires overnight soaking and grinding the following day. But I have gone with the moong dal flour readily available.

I just mixed it with rice flour and gave it 5 minutes of rest. It's all like magic; the batter is ready to make a healthy, protein-rich breakfast in just 5 minutes.

Other dosa recipes

• Wheat flour dosa
• Spring dosa
• Paneer dosa
• Instant oats dosa
• Banana dosa
• Quinoa dosa

How to make Instant Pesarattu dosa

1. Add green gram flour, rice flour, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add water to make a thin, flowing consistency batter, like the dosa batter’s consistency. And keep it aside for a while.

2. Add ginger, red/green chili, and a teaspoon of cumin seeds to the mixer and grind until it is coarsely done. Add or remove red chili according to your taste. Adding more is red chilies that give better color and aroma to the dosa.

3. Add the ground chili mixer to the kept-aside batter and combine them well so that the spices gifts get mixed up well.
4. Place a pan over high heat, drizzle a teaspoon of oil over the pan, and spread it as it coats evenly on the pan's surface.

5. Take about a ladle of moong dal batter and gently spread it thinly in a circular motion like in the picture. Drizzle a tablespoon of chopped onion on the random roller that dosa, and again drizzle a teaspoon of oil to make the dosa crispier.

You can also add ghee or butter for a rich taste. Cook until it turns golden brown, flip the dosa on the pan, and cook on the other side until it becomes crispy on both sides. Leave it a little longer for crispier dosa.

Serve pesarattu dosa along with coconut chutney or any of your favorite chutney. It is usually served with upma.

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Instant Pesarattu Dosa

A super instant recipe for making Instant Pesarattu Dosa(moong dal dosa) recipe in less than 15 minutes. This recipe yields soft and crispy pesarattu that tastes excellent.

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Calories: 340kcal

Ingredients

For grinding

• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 green chili / serrano pepper
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds

For the batter

• 1 cup moong dal flour / moong bean flour
• 2 tablespoon rice flour
• ½ teaspoon salt or as required
• ¾ cup water

The making

• 5 tablespoon onion finely chopped
• 3 teaspoon vegetable oil or Ghee- as required

Instructions

For grinding

• To a blender jar, add ginger, red chili, green chili and a teaspoon of cumin seeds. And grind it coarsely.

For the batter

• In a large mixing bowl add moong dal flour, rice flour, salt, and ground ginger paste. Add water to make thin flowing consistency batter, which should be like dosa batter’s consistency. And keep it aside for a 10 minutes.

The making

• Heat a pan on high flame and drizzle a teaspoon of oil over the pan and-and spread them as it coats evenly on the surface of the pan.
• Take about a ladle of moong dal batter and gently spread them thinly in the circular motion like in the picture.
• Sprinkle a tablespoon of chopped onion over the dosa and again drizzle a teaspoon of oil over the surface.
• Cook until it turns golden brown and flip dosa on the pan, and cook on the other side till it becomes crispy on both the sides.
• Lower the heat and cook till the sides becomes golden brown for crispy dosa.

Nutrition

Calories: 340kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 11g | Sodium: 697mg | Potassium: 562mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin C: 4.5mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 3.6mg

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Indian

Author Sujatha Muralidhar

**Disclaimer: The nutritional information provided is an approximate estimate only.

Serving Suggestions:
1. Serve along with peanut chutney or ginger chutney.
2. Traditionally, it is served by stuffing it with upma. But I feel over-heavy with upma, so I always make just the dosas.

Tips and Variations for Pesarattu Dosa recipe:
1. For crispier dosas, add a little water to the batter. 2. Chopped onions are optional. If you love onion-like, then be generous in adding them to the dish. 3. For variations, add chopped veggies like carrots, mushrooms, etc.

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