Monday, December 13, 2010

Pesarattu/Green gram dosa

Pesarattu is a very popular dish in Andhra pradesh ,served as breakfast and dinner in restaurants.This dish is prepared with whole moong dal/green grams.Telugu name for moong dal is pesarlu and attu is dosa ,very nutritious dish.Mom used to prepare this dish but not often.
After our wedding , we visited shirish's aunt and she served this combination of pesarattu and upma ,it was heavenly.I don't know the story behind the combination but its very famous in Andhra.
Coming to the nutritional values and recipe.
Nutritional value of Green Gram (Per 100 grams)
Energy : 30 calories
Protein : 3 grams
Carbohydrate : 6 grams
Dietary Fiber : 2 grams
The protein is especially rich in the amino acid, lysine, but it is somewhat deficient in sulphur-containing amino acids. The seeds are rich in calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, potassium, folate and other B Vitamins. They also contain appreciable amounts of Vitamin C.


Ingrdients:
Green gram/whole moong dal - 1 cup
Rice grains - 1 tsp
Ginger - 1 inch (add according to taste)
Salt - add according to taste
Green chillies - 3(add according to taste)
Oil - 4-5 tsp
Onion - 1/2 small(finely chopped)
Method:
1.Wash and soak whole moong dal,rice grains  for 5-6 hrs or overnight.
2.Grind the moong dal,rice with little water,ginger,green chillies.Keep the ground mixture aside in a bowl.
3.Heat a non-stick pan ,once the pan is hot take a spoonful of batter and spread the batter into a small circle pf desired size as you do it for dosa. Add chopped onion if you like the taste ,add oil on the ends of the pesarattu and cook it until its golden brown.Flip it and cook for 2 min on medium flame and serve hot.
Can be served with upma and any your choice of chutney/pickle.

Had this soft pesarattu for breakfast on cold rainy day with a cup of coffee .

11 comments:

Priya Suresh said...

Love pesarattu dosa, such a nutritious dish..

aipi said...

Wow, very very delicious looking !!!


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Tahemeem said...

love love this combination.. ur coffee looks great hon :)

Shobha said...

I love pesarettu.

Anonymous said...

Hi smithu..

gud combi.. usually i add jeera/cumin seeds in the batter.. it increases the taste of pesarattu..the coffee is awesome..and upma looks delicious..

Josh said...

hey this is me.. dont know the comment was added as anonymous

Unknown said...

Great pic... Love the coffee...i have to get a cup of coffee now.

Unknown said...

love warm pesarattu any-time slurp :)

Smitha said...

@ Priya,aipi,shobha,ananda :Thankyou
@Tahemeem :Thanks dear,nowadays coffee has become part of morning routine.
@Josh:Thanks dear ,sometimes I add jeera too it gives a nice flavor.
@Anjitha:Thanks dear,for this weather I think coffee is the best.

Pushpa said...

Hot pesarattu,upma with chutney and coffee sounds delicious,awesome combo.

Smitha said...

@ Pushpa:Thankyou

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