Monday, September 30, 2013

Pesarattu

Ingredients for Pesarattu

Whole green gram - 1 cup
Rice - 1/4 cup 
Green chillies - 3
Ginger - 1/2 inch 
Oil - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
salt to taste
Soak whole green gram n rice with sufficient water for 5 hrs or overnight

After 5 hours wash it throughly n make a fine paste along with chillies ,ginger and cumin seeds with the required amount of water needed to make smooth paste(smooth like dosa batter) in blender then add salt.

Ingredients for topping

Chopped onions - 1 cup 
Split moong dal - 1/4 cup 
Finely chopped Cashew nuts - 3 tbsp

Keep moong dal soaked in 1 cup water for 30 min,then discard the water n keep it aside , Chop the onions and keep aside. Keep all the toppings ready in separate bowls to sprinkle on the pesarattu.

Method:

1. Heat a tawa and pour one handfull batter and spread it with circular motion like dosa,it should be not too thick nor too thin .

2. Top it with a sprinkle of chopped onions ,cashew nuts ,little soaked moong dal.

3. Add few drops of oil and let it cook for a min then flip it n again add few drops of oil. Remove when both sides are properly cooked and looks slightly crispy.

Serve with chutney or Upma .



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