How to Cook Perfect Pesarattu Dosa #rainbowweek_6

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Pesarattu Dosa #rainbowweek_6. Pesarattu are thin crepes or dosas made from ground green gram, ginger, cumin & chilies. These are served with upma and ginger chutney. Pesarattu are usually made whole moong dal called as pesalu in my native language, Telugu.

Pesarattu Dosa
 
#rainbowweek_6 Pesarattu is a healthy & nutritious Dosa variety. They are Vegan as well as Gluten-free. Pesarattu recipe with step by step pictures- Pesarattu is a thin crepe or dosa prepared using whole green moong dal. You can cook Pesarattu Dosa #rainbowweek_6 using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pesarattu Dosa #rainbowweek_6

  1. It's 1/2 Cup of green moongbeans.
  2. Prepare 2 of fistfuls fresh paalak.
  3. You need 1/4 Cup of rice.
  4. Prepare 1 of small onion.
  5. It's 3 of green chillies(not spicy).
  6. You need 1/2 of ginger.
  7. Prepare 1 tsp of Cumin seeds.
  8. It's to taste of Salt.
  9. It's of Oil.

Pesarattu recipe is very simple and calls for a few ingredients only. To make crispier dal dosa I have used rice along with dal. Further dal dosa is flavored with some green chilies and ginger and cumin seeds. Pesarattu, an Instant Dosa prepared with protein rich green moong dal instead of rice and urad dal, is even more healthier and easier to prepare compared with regular Dosa since batter prepared by grinding the water soaked moong beans with chilli, ginger and garlic doesn't require any fermentation.

Pesarattu Dosa #rainbowweek_6 instructions

  1. Wash and Soak green moongbeans for 8 hrs.wash and Soak rice for 4 hours.wash paalak and Chop it.Chop onion.In a mixi jar add Soaked Moong beans,rice,chillies,Ginger and Chopped paalak.(green fresh methi or Coriander can also be used.)Add some water..
  2. Blend smooth batter.Take out the mixture in a mixing bowl.Add Cumin seeds,salt,chopped onion.Mix well.If needed add water to make batter of dosa like consistency.On a hot griddle,sprinkle some water,then wipe it.Keep the flame medium.spread batter on it.Apply oil in center and surrounding..
  3. When cooked,flip it to other side and Cook till golden brown and crisp.Serve hot with coconut chutney..

Here is how to do Pesarattu dosa. The raw rice gives the dosa a very crispy texture. Pesarattu is a dosa made with Pesara Pappu (moong dal). You use the moong dal with skin on and this is what gives this dosa the classic green color. Of course this dosa is high in protein and fiber.