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Hello readers🙏🏻 Welcome to today's blog! Today I share an easy 1 ingredient recipe. Its south indian and its more recipe of my breakfast series.

"Pesarattu " or pesara dosa, is a crepe or dosa variety which is basically non-fermented and doesn't contain rice/ urad dal. Well in some recipes, rice or rice flour is added.The taste is similar to moong dal chilla.

This recipe originated from Andhra. Made of simple green gram dal/ hara moong sabut. It contains subtle ingredients and its fully protein packed. So let's get started..

Its served with most popular allam chutney. I served it with orange chutney. You can also serve it with kara chutney. Orange chutney recipe I shared in my last blog. Do check.

Ingredients needed:

1.Green gram dal/ hara sabut moong/ moong bean-1.5 cup

2.Idly rice -1/2 cup( optional ). You can use rice flour 2-3 tsps.

3.green chilli-3-4,ginger-2 inch

4.Jeera seeds-1 tsp, methi seeds-1/2 tsp

5.salt- as per taste

6.Oil for dosa

7.Gun- powder/ podi for seasoning.

Preparation : Time taken : for soaking: min 4 hrs if you have time, 6 hrs. And fermentation : overnight or 6 hrs.

Procedure:

1.Firstly take a big utensil, add moong bean, idly rice and methi seeds and wash them thoroughly and soak it for 6 hrs.

2.After 6 hrs, grind it in a mixer finely. Add green chilli, ginger and jeera seeds.

3.Add the batter in big utensil and add salt and 2 tsp oil and mix with your hands for natural fermentation for about 5 mins.

4.Close it and keep it overnight. By morning it should be fermented well. Use the batter needed for dosa and keep the additional batter in refrigerator. Dont over-ferment it as its not good for our body.

5.Now take a non-stick tawa, season it well with oil when hot,sprinkle water and wipe it with a tissue paper and make dosa.

6.Take a ladle full of batter and spread it on the tawa and sprinkle gun- powder( podi). Let it turn brown and then flip it and cook for 2 mins. Our pesarattu is ready.

7.Serve it with any chutney / tomtao thokku/ allam chutney. I served it with orange chutney.

Try the recipe as its full of proteins. Good for kids and its filling.

There is MLA pesarattu which has a filling of soft and suble upma in it. I will share it some other day. That's more popular in Andhra.It got its name MLA as it was invented in MLA canteen😄.

You can add filling of finely chopped onions and grated beet, carrot in this simpler version which I am sharing.I made it with fermentation, you can make it instantly.

That's all for today.Do read the blog and always stay beautiful. Take care!

Hello readers🙏🏻Welcome to todays blog! I am going to share an easy recipe but its bit different. Its masala uttapam, easy to make and quick also. Lets get started.. 👉

Ingredients needed:

1.Dosa batter/ Suji dahi batter( acc to your preference )

2.Boiled potatoes: 2-3( medium size)-chopped to medium pieces or mashed.

3.Green chilli-2-3

4.Coriander leaves- for garnishing

5.Tomatoes-2( medium size), ginger-1/2 inch( chopped finely)

6.Masalas for aloo masala: jeera seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala and chat masala, red chilli powder.Use your own choice of masalas.Heeng/ Asafetida for good digestion.

7.Oil for baking the uttapam and aloo masala.

8.Salt - as per taste.

Preparation : 15 mins for aloo masala and 10 mins for uttapam.

Procedure :

1.If you have dosa batter readily available you can make it easily, if you don't have then also you can make it easily with sooji dahi batter( like we make for rava uttapam).

2.Firstly let's make aloo masala:Take a nonstick pan. Add oil, add jeera, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add ginger and saute it well.Add heeng to the oil.

3.Now add the chopped tomatoes. And let them cook well. Add salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder and stir it well. When tomatoes are cooked well, add potatoes.

4.Mash it well like no piece of potatoes should be seen. Add garam masala and chat masala and cook it for 5-7 mins. Finally add chopped coriander leaves and garnish it. Our potato masala is ready.Let it cool down.

5.For making uttapam, take a nonstick pan, take a ladle of the batter and spread it well. When the holes form( as its fermented). Just cover it with a lid and let it cook for 2 mins.

6.Now take the potato masala and stick to the uttapam and flip it over.And cook it from other side.

7.Our masala uttapam is ready to eat. The masala should cook from other side well till crunchy. It will taste heavenly.

8.I served it with home sambar. But its best with orange chutney.

Our masala uttapam is ready. Its easy and delicious. Do comment the recipe which you want me to make.

Thanks for reading and supporting the blog. Always stay beautiful and take care.

Orange chutney recipe:YouTube

Hello readers🙏🏻 welcome to today's blog! I am sharing an easy yet delicious recipe. In weddings, specially in north, many stalls are kept and one thing you notice? There is a crowd specially near one stall which are liked by adults. That's the dal cheela which has a filling of paneer. I am recreating it with a twist. Let's get started..

Ingredients needed:

1.Mix dal- 1 added 1/3 cup whole green moong, yellow moong dal and mix dal- all qty should be equal to 1.5 cup.

2.Rice flour-2-3 tsps

3.veggies : I added lauki-1/3 cup( grated), Green chilli-2-3,ginger-1 inch, onion-1( finely chopped), coriander leaves- for garnishing.

4.Masalas : jeera seeds-1 tsp, heeng/ asafetida-2-3 pinches, salt, red chilli powder-1/2 tsp, garam masala -1/2 tsp.

5.Curd-1/2 cup or 2-3 tsps

6.Oil for baking the cheela

7.Paneer- crushed(I used homemade).

8.Baking soda/ eno-1/4 tsp or 1/2 tsp.

You can add spices acc to your taste. Add veggies like beetroot, corn, peas, methi leaves/ palak leaves, carrot.

Preparation: 3-4 hrs( soaking the dal), 10 mins for preparation.

Procedure :

1.Take the reqd qty of dals/ lentils in a bowl and wash it throughly till powder comes off and soak it for 3-4 hrs. If you have less time, soak for 2 hrs.

2.After soaking, the dals should swell up and easily broken. Now take a mixer grinder and add the dal, add ginger, green chilli, salt and grind it finely. Add water if you need.

3.Take the batter in a bowl, add rice flour, jeera seeds, red chilli powder, garam masala, coriander leaves and curd. Whisk it well and keep it at rest for about 15 mins.

4.After 15 mins add baking soda/ eno and mix it well. The cheela batter is ready.

5.Take a non-stick pan and apply oil nicely to grease the pan.

6.Take a full ladle of batter and pour it over the tawa and spread it in circular motion.

7.Now add oil on the sides and cover it 2 mins with a lid. Now you will see that the cheela will easily leave the pan and ready to be flipped on the other side.

8..Cook it well till brown on other side and now place the crushed paneer in between the cheela and flip it for around 1-2 mins and our cheela is ready to be served with green chutney / ketchup.

9.The kids will love the recipe. The family members will also easily eat them as its nutritious and full of protein.

10.Do try the cheela and share the recipe.

Thanks for reading the recipe and supporting me. Do share the recipe guys. Always stay beautiful and tc.

Meet you tomorrow 🙏🏻

The cheela is green as its more of whole moong. You can add dal according to your taste. ( use chana dal, masoor, yellow moong or mix dal). Add less chana dal .