Moong dal chilla | Moong dal cheela -How to make-Step by step photos

Cuisine Style: Tamil nadu, Andhra, south india | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: Coconut Chutney | Type: Breakfast, Weight loss & Easy diabetic recipes

Moong dal chilla / cheela/ dosa is simple, healthy and instant breakfast recipe. This is crispy and protein packed. Only 2 main ingredients & little bit seasoning will give perfect thin dosa. I have used my garden organic moong dal with skin. You can use yellow moong dal without skin. You can add any toppings.

Ingredients

• Moong dal with green skin/ yellow moong dal- 1 cup
• Rice - 1/4 cup
• Ginger - 1 piece (1 inch peeled)
• Green Chili - 3
• Coriander leaves - 2 springs
• Curry leaves - 1 spring
• Cumin Seeds - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Water as needed

Preparation

• Wash & soak moong dal for 4 to 5 hours. Then drain water.
• Put soaked moong dal , rice, green chilli, ginger, cumin seeds, curry & coriander leaves in a grinder or mixer jar then finely grind with enough water.
• In a bowl add ground batter mixture, salt mix well.
• Heat iron dosa tawa, pour batter & evenly spread to round shape.
• Then pour 1 tbsp of oil around the dosa cover lid & cook it for 3 minutes (medium flame).
• Flip over and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Then serve hot with coconut chutney.

Tips and variations

• You can ferment batter & make soft moong dal idli also.
• You can skip rice
• You can make ragi moong dal chilla, rava moong dal chilla, atta moong dal chilla or egg moong dal chilla
• You can make onion moong dal chilla
• For paneer moong dal cheela add paneer bhuji or simple seasoned paneer
• For another variation you can make cheese moong dal chilla
• For pizza moong dal cheela:-Heat iron taw, pour batter, evenly spread, add pizza sauce, cheese, onion, capsicum, pizza seasoning & chilli flakes.
• For tomato moong dal cheela add ground tomato puree
• For spinach moong dal chilla:-Ground spinach & green chilli then add into batter, make cheela
• For sago moong dal idli :-Add soaked sago, eno fruit salt in this batter, you can make super soft sago moong dal idli
• You can make poha moong dal idli, semiya moong dal idli or oats moong dal idli
• You can make moong dal paniyaram, paddu or appam
• For sweet moong dal paniyaram, dont ad salt, ginger, green chilli & cumin. Add coconut, cardamom,& jaggery

How to make Moong dal chilla- Step by step photos

Take 1 cup moong dal [You can use yellow moong dal without skin]

In a bowl add moong dal

Add rice

Wash and sok it for 4 to 5 hours

After 5 hours

Soaked moongdal ready

Put moong dal and rice in a mixer ar/ blender

Add ginger

add cumin seeds

Add salt

Add green chilli

Coarsely grind

Add water, grind to fine batter

Batter is ready

Transfer batter to a bowl

Add water if required

Heat iron dosa taw, pour batter, evenly spread

Pour 1 tbsp oil around the dosa

Cover lid, cook for 2 min

Flip over

cook both sides till crisp

Now its ready, remove it from oil

Crispy moong dal chilla ready

Serve hot with raita / chutney

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