Andhra Pradesh

MLA pesarattu

Name: MLA pesarattu
Prep time: 6 h
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 6 h 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Andhra
Ingredients: 1 cup soaked whole green moong (mung beans); 2 tbsp soaked with moong rice; 2 green chilli; 1 inch ginger; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; Salt, to taste; 1 chopped onion; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1/2 cup rava (semolina); 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1 tsp urad dal (split black gram); 1 tsp chana dal (split chickpeas); 1 sprig curry leaves; 1 1/4 cups water; 2 tsp ghee

Green moong dosa stuffed with rava upma. The breakfast that thinks two tiffins are better than one.

45 minTime

17 gProtein each

mediumSpice

6hPlan ahead. Soak for 6 hours first; the 45 minutes come after.

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Grandma's wayWhole green moong, onions, and Andhra ginger chutney on the side.

The original

403kcal

17 gprotein

10 gfibre

45minutes

MLA pesarattu as served in Andhra tiffin centres.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Whole green moong (mung beans)1 cup, soaked

Rice2 tbsp, soaked with moong

Green chilli2

Ginger2.5 cm

Cumin seeds½ tsp

Saltto taste

Onion1, chopped

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Rava (semolina)½ cup

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Urad dal (split black gram)1 tsp

Chana dal (split chickpeas)1 tsp

Curry leaves1 sprig

Water1¼ cups

Ghee2 tsp

Method

5 steps

1Grind soaked moong and rice with chilli, ginger, cumin, salt and little water to a smooth batter.
2Make upma: temper mustard and dals in oil, add half the onion and curry leaves, then water and salt. Stir in rava and cook until fluffy.
3Heat a tawa, spread a ladle of batter thin, sprinkle onion and drizzle oil.
4When the base is golden, place a scoop of upma on half and fold over.
5Repeat with remaining batter and serve hot.

Serve it like this

Serve folded on a plate with ginger chutney on the side.

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MLA pesarattu

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