Pesarattu dosa/Green gram dosa

Pesarattu dosa is an Andhra style recipe also called as pesara attu, pesara dosa. This is a protein rich recipe used as a breakfast.

Preparation time: 4hrs 10mins

Cook time: 20mins

Total time: 4hrs 30mins

Serves: 10dosa

Cuisine: Indian(Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan)

Type: Breakfast

Author:  Nivi Marshal

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Ingredients:

Green Gram- 1 cup

Rice- 1 cup

Green Chilli- 3

Ginger- A small piece

Hing/Asafoetida- ¼ tsp

Pepper- ¼ tsp

Jeera/Cumin seeds- ¼ tsp

Sombu/Fennel seeds- ¼ tsp

Water- As required

Salt- As required

Oil- For making dosa

*1cup=185ml

How to prepare Pesarattu:

• Wash and soak the rice and green gram for minimum of 4 hours to maximum 7 hours.
• In a mixer jar add the soaked green gram and rice along with green chilli, ginger, asafoetida, pepper, jeera, sombu and salt.
• Add required amount of water and grind it as a smooth batter.
• Check the consistency of batter similar to dosa batter, add more water if required.

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• Make dosa in dosa tawa, drop some oil cook on both side. Serve this with spicy chutney.

Tips:

• Prepare the batter when you are ready to prepare dosa. This will give thin and crispy dosa. Batter used after keeping in fridge will lead to thick dosa.
• Above mentioned quantity will give you 9-10 dosa.