Thursday, March 19, 2015

Green gram dosa / Pesarattu


Ingredients:

Green gram - 1 cup
Green chillies - 4
Salt - as required
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Rice flour - 1/2 cup
Maida / All purpose flour - 1/4 cup (Optional) 
Baking soda - 1/2 tbsp (Optional) 
Oil - for making dosa.

Method:

1) Wash and Soak green gram over night.
2) Drain the water and add the Green gram into mixie jar. Also add Ginger, salt, Green chillies and grind it into fine paste.
3) Mix rice flour, maida to the grinded mixture. Add the baking soda to it and the sufficient water to get the batter consistency.
4) Allow it to rest for 30 mins.
5) Now Heat the skillet, add oil / Ghee. Take sufficient amount of batter and spread across the skillet.
6) Roast the dosa on both the sides and it is ready to be served.

Green gram dosa  tastes good with coriander chutney, tomato chutney, coconut chutney, Onion chutney.

Note:

1) Green gram can also be soaked in warm water for around 4 hours.
2) Chopped onions can also be mixed to the Green gram dosa batter.
2) Dosa can be consumed with some Ghee / clarified butter.
3) When grinding batter, avoid green chillies. Then you can also turn this into Masala dosa with some coconut chutney, red chutney and potato filling.
4) Dosa can also be made immediately avoiding the resting time of 30 mins.
5) Baking soda and maida can be avoided.


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