Here comes another healthy variety of Dosa. Now I hear, all of you shouting at another Dosa. I had planned this weeks theme as a breakfast week for the Recipe Marathon # 2. And then to my dismay I saw many Dosas waiting silently for being posted. So I took pity on them and started posting them. Hope to give you some different recipes for the rest of the week.
Pesarattu is a very famous breakfast dish in Andhra. Since it is made from Moong, it is very very healthy. It fills up your stomach amazingly, just about 2 to 3 pesarattes keeps you running tirelessly and does not allow you crave for food for the next 4 to 5 hrs. It is a dish for 1 and all, i.e. for everybody.
This dish was taught to me by my dear friend Prashanti, who was my neighbor in Chennai. Those were days when we both were newly married. She hailed from Andhra and her dishes used to be very spicy. And we used to like those spicy Andhra dishes a lot.
Andhra Pesarattu
Ingredients
Moong (preferable the broken ones, if not the whole ones would also do) - 1 cup
Onion - 1
Ginger - 1/4 inch
Green Chillies - 5
Salt to taste
For the filling
Finely Chopped Onion - 3 to 4 big
Finely chopped green chillies - 1 tb.sp ( optional, i usually avoid this becoz of my children)
Cumin Seeds - 1 t.sp
Oil
Method
Wash and soak the moong for about 4 to 5 hrs. Grind it together with the onion, green chillies and ginger to a smooth paste. Add salt and mix well.
In the mean time you can get the filling ready. Heat oil in a pan, splutter cumin seeds and then add the onions and green chillies. Saute till the onion becomes little translucent. Transfer it to a bowl.
Now heat the dosa tawa. Brush it some oil. Do not heat it too much. When it has reached the right heat, pour the batter on the tawa and make thin Pesarattu. Sprinkle a few drops of oil and cover cook till the bottom layer is done. Flip to the other side and cook again. Now turn again and fill the Pesarattu with the onion filling. Fold and serve hot with chutney/sambhar.
So an easy & healthy Pesarattu is ready in a jiffy.
Packing off this Andhra Pesarattu to the contest Eat Healthy - Fight Diabetes hosted by Sangeeth of Art of Cooking Indian Food
Now lets see what our dear runners of RM#2 are cooking at their end.
1) DK
2) Siri
3) Srivalli
4) Ranji
5)PJ
6)Curry Leaf
7)Medha
8)Priya
9)Bhawna
10)Raaji
11)Ruchii
12)Anu
13)Kamala
14)Roopa
15)Divya Kudua
16)Rekha
17)Divya M
18)Lakshmi
19)Raaga
20)Sripriya
21)Viji
22)Kamalika
23)Pavani
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Tempting crisy pesarettu...authentic andhra dish Lakshmi...good entry for the event..
ReplyDeleteThat looks so good Lakshmi.. I love pesarattu too :)
ReplyDeleteI have heard of this a lot but never tasted it.
ReplyDeleteWow Wow yummy yummy attu. Looks gr8.
ReplyDeletedelecious pesarattu lakshmi
ReplyDeletei liked your carrot dosai. we make pesarattu very similarly - only i add a fistful of coriander to get the green colour - hehe
ReplyDeletehi lakshmi...peasrettu is yummy...i have tagged u pls visit my blog for details...
ReplyDeleteDosa with moong dal....its really new for me...and they cook crispy and crunchy....
ReplyDeleteWell can't say how much we like these..:)..looks very crispy...so you are going to post only dosas??..wish they had come for the mela...
ReplyDeletelooks like those served in a hotel..nice presentation lakshmi
ReplyDeletesee u made this dosa and looking so tempting and delicous. when I made it was so bad.... very nice post.
ReplyDeleteI use whole moong..So crispy Lakshmi
ReplyDeleteHelathy Breakfast recipe.Love to make dosas for BF.
ReplyDeleteSounds delicious n perfect for breakfast..
ReplyDeletelooks nice & perfect... delicious..
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking of trying this dish for a while now! This recipe and picture is sort of renewing my enthu for this dish! Will give it a shot
ReplyDeleteEven we make this aa lot for bfast.......
ReplyDeleteLooks yummy! Went thro' some of your recipes. You have a yummy blog :) Glad i found it :)
ReplyDeleteI am not a big fan of pesarrattu,but this looks Delicious.Yummy presentation
ReplyDeleteit looks crispy and tasty lakshmi and thank u for welcoming me in RM
ReplyDeletewow..it looks so yummy.
ReplyDeleteCheck out my version of the same:
http://spicesnaroma.blogspot.com/2008/09/lets-go-green-green-dosa-pesarattu.html
Lovely and perfect Pesarattu Lakshmi :)
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