Pesarattu
Quick Details
Makes: about 8 dosas
Soaking time: overnight
Cooking time: about 30 minutes
Diet: Vegetarian
Makes: about 8 dosas
Soaking time: overnight
Cooking time: about 30 minutes
Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
For the batter
- 1 cup green gram whole green moong, soaked overnight
- 2 tablespoons rice soaked for 30 minutes
- 1 handful coriander
- 3 green chillies 3 to 4
- 2 inch ginger
- 1 cup water a little more as needed
- salt to taste
For cooking
- oil about 1 teaspoon per dosa
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon jeera
Instructions
- Soak. Soak the green gram overnight. Soak the rice for 30 minutes. Drain both.
- Grind. Blend the green gram and rice in batches with a little more than 1 cup of water. Add the ginger, coriander and green chillies and blend to a coarse batter.
- Season. Add salt, mix well and let the batter rest for 5 minutes.
- Spread. Heat a dosa pan and add 1 teaspoon of oil. Pour a ladle of batter and spread it from the outside in. Drizzle oil all around.
- Top. Sprinkle jeera and chopped onion over the dosa.
- Cook. When the edges brown, carefully flip and cook the other side. Serve hot.