India

Pesarattu

Name: Pesarattu
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 200 g Green mung beans; some of each Ginger & green chili; 1 tsp Cumin; 1 piece Onion; 1 bunch Coriander; some of each Oil & salt

Mung bean dosa from Andhra Pradesh

Pesarattu is a savoury dosa from Andhra Pradesh, made from whole green mung beans rather than rice and lentils.

It needs no fermentation and is often filled with semolina upma and served with ginger chutney.

Servings4

Time30 min + soaking

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Green mung beans200 g
Ginger & green chilisome of each
Cumin1 tsp
Onion1 piece
Coriander1 bunch
Oil & saltsome of each

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Soak the mung beans and grind fine with ginger and chili.
Whisk with cumin and salt into a thin batter.
Spread the batter thin on a hot griddle.
Scatter with chopped onion and coriander.
Cook crisp and serve with chutney.

Make it original

Green mung beans for pesarattu are in the Asia Boutique.

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