Moong Dosa | Green Gram Crepes

The biggest question in every Indian woman’s mind is what to cook for breakfast the next day. The breakfast should always be a healthy one. Apart from being healthy, it should be tasty. The Moong dosa recipe shared today is a healthy and a tasty recipe. Just soak the moong dal and rice and then grind it by adding some more ingredients. We do not have to ferment the batter after grinding and hence this saves us lot of time.

The health benefits of moong are plenty. They are rich in protein, helps lower cholesterol, contains loads of vitamins and minerals and also helps in weight loss. Moong dal is easily digestible and hence anyone can eat it including small kids.

You can serve this dosa for breakfast with pudina chutney. Some people love to have this dosa with chutney and chopped onion. It can be packed in the snack box too. You can reduce the spice level by reducing the green chilies if you are making it for kids.

Ingredients:                                     Prep. Time: 45 Minutes, Makes: 8 Dosas
1 cup moong dal/whole green gram dal
½ cup rice
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 green chilies
1 medium sized onion, chopped
½ inch ginger, cube
Oil for frying
Salt to taste

Procedure:

1) Wash and soak the moong dal and rice in water for 6 hours, preferably overnight. It is better to soak the moong dal and rice separately.
2) After 6 hours, drain the water from the soaked moong dal and rice. While draining the moong dal, rub it with fingers and discard some of the moong dal skin. If the moong dal skin remains then do not worry. It can be added to make the dosa.
3) Grind the soaked moong dal, soaked rice along with green chilies, chopped onion, cumin seeds and ginger. Add 1/4 cup water if needed while grinding. The dosa batter should be coarse. Add salt to taste and mix well.
4) Heat a non-stick tava and pour a ladle full of batter on the tava.
5) Spread the batter on the tava in a circular way. After 5 minutes when the top of the dosa starts drying, spread 1 teaspoon oil on top and sides of the dosa.
6) When the lower side of the dosa turns golden brown (this can be checked by slightly lifting the dosa on one side and checking), flip the dosa and let it cook for another 2-3 minutes.

Note: Serve the dosa with pudina chutney.
You can also serve the dosa with some chopped onion.