Pesarattu is my favourite since my childhood days as amma makes it atleast once in a month. It is very filling and tasty for breakfast.I am here with my friday post in advance as I am leaving to my aunts place tommorrow 🙂 So no access to net for the next 3 days kind of good as atleast for 3 days my fingers, eyes and my camera will be in rest 😉
Pesarattu Recipe
Preparation Time:8 hrs | Cooking Time : 5 mins / dosa | Serves:2
Recipe Category: Drinks | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe Category: Drinks | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Whole green gram(Paasi payaru) – 1 cup
Green chillies – 2
Onion – 1 medium sized chopped finely
Ginger – 1/2 inch piece
Garlic – 5 (optional)
Coriander leaves- a handful
Hing – a pinch
Salt – to taste
Water – as required
Method1:
- Soak green gram(paasi paruppu) overnight or atleast for 8hrs. Next day rinse it well then drain water and grind it with ginger,green chillies, coriander leaves and with required water to a smooth paste.
- Add water to make to dosa batter consistency.Heat a dosa tawa, take a laddle full of batter and spread it thin like dosa.While its still cooking add chopped onion. Sprinkle oil on the sides and turn over and cook on both sides.
Your pesarattu dosai is ready to be served. Tastes best with coconut chutney.
Method 2:
- Soak green gram(paasi paruppu) overnight or atleast for 8hrs. Next day rinse it well then drain water and grind it with ginger,green chillies, salt and with required water to a smooth paste.
- Then mix in salt, hing, chopped onion, garlic and coriander leaves and mix well. Add water if the batter is too thick.Heat a dosa tawa, take a laddle full of batter and spread it thick like adai or like dosa. Sprinkle oil on the sides and cook on both sides.Your pesarattu dosai is ready to be served. Tastes best with coconut chutney.
My Notes:
- You can grind the batter coarsely and make pesarattu thick like adai too. We like it a bit thin and slightly crispy.
- Adding garlic is purely optional but sure enhances taste. And as we all know adding ginger and garlic with green gram or any bean/dhal variety helps in good digestion.
- Adjust green chillies according to your spice level.
Kitchen Flavours says
April 7, 2011 at 1:33 pmLooks extremely yum…..my all time favourite dosa….
revathi says
April 7, 2011 at 1:45 pmyummy dosa… the pic is just lovely … truly shows how tasty the dosa must have been… relishish dish…:)
Reva
Suja Sugathan says
April 7, 2011 at 1:59 pmMy all time favorite, delicious and protein packed,looks delicious.
Radhika says
April 7, 2011 at 2:01 pmWow, truly filling, visually as well. Enjoy the weekend.
savitha ramesh says
April 7, 2011 at 2:12 pmcool pictures.u r tempting me to do it.love the colour.
kittymatti says
April 7, 2011 at 2:23 pmlovely pic:) nice healthy dosas…
jeyashrisuresh says
April 7, 2011 at 2:25 pmmy MIL makes this with yellow moong dal.yet to try this yummy one.wonderful recipe and neat presentation
Prathibha says
April 7, 2011 at 2:26 pmLove this…looks nice..:)
enjoy ur week end
Sarah Naveen says
April 7, 2011 at 3:17 pmthis looks so yummy!!! loved the picture…
Suman Singh says
April 7, 2011 at 5:08 pmsounds new to me, looks healthy and yummy.Enjoy your weekend.Take care!
Nithya says
April 7, 2011 at 5:22 pmLooks so good. Its my dad's favorite. We used to make rava upma along with this and fill the dosa with upma to make MLA pesarattu 😉 that combi is called so 🙂
Reshmi Mahesh says
April 7, 2011 at 6:28 pmGreat capture of delicious dosa…
Laavanya says
April 7, 2011 at 6:37 pmI love pesarattu – easy and nutritious.
Cham says
April 7, 2011 at 6:45 pmWe had for dinner yest! Looks pretty!
Pavithra says
April 7, 2011 at 7:01 pmWow my fav one sharmi..i do very often and tasty as well.. looks so yumm:) Enjoy ur trip .. where to chennai ya ?
Pavithra says
April 7, 2011 at 7:02 pmYEs really rest for ur eyes,computer and camera.. me too soon i am going to take looooooooooong rest for 2 months.
Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) says
April 7, 2011 at 7:03 pmTruly drool worthy..yummy yum..looks so tempting…
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Leena says
April 7, 2011 at 7:33 pmYummy dosa,love it…
JishasKitchen says
April 7, 2011 at 7:52 pmwow…that's an interesting dosa recipe…looks absolutely delicious!!!
JishasKitchen says
April 7, 2011 at 7:53 pmwow…that's an interesting dosa recipe…looks absolutely delicious!!!
Priya says
April 7, 2011 at 8:50 pmLove this nutritious dosas with spicy coconut chutney,lovely presentation..
RAKS KITCHEN says
April 8, 2011 at 1:24 amI love this a lot and its very easy in the morning if we make it as BF,Lovely colours!
Rekha shoban says
April 8, 2011 at 5:23 amhealthy n interesting dosa!thanks for sharing dear!
Yummy Team says
April 8, 2011 at 5:53 amLovely dosa! Healthy and delicious..
Jyoti says
April 8, 2011 at 8:36 amenjoy the break.. lovely dosa..
Hari Chandana says
April 8, 2011 at 10:47 amPesarattu looks simply awesome and perfect.. looks amazing.. thanks for sharing !!
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An Open Book says
April 8, 2011 at 11:46 amhave a great weekend…i would love 2 have tht with the sambar and chutney yummm
Sneha Benny says
April 8, 2011 at 5:17 pmInteresting dosa recipe !!
Cilantro says
April 8, 2011 at 7:10 pmI like them too, it is very filling as you said. have a great time at your Aunt`s place.
Shabitha Karthikeyan says
April 8, 2011 at 8:55 pmOne of my favorite dinner. Looks damn good !!
Premalatha Aravindhan says
April 8, 2011 at 11:28 pmHealthy and yummy dosa,luks fab…
Kairali sisters says
April 9, 2011 at 12:30 amLovely recipe and beautiful pics sharmi..
kaveri says
April 9, 2011 at 12:12 pmPesarettu looks yummy…wonderful clicks…Have become a fan of your recipes and photographs…glad to follow you…
sanjeeta kk says
April 9, 2011 at 3:16 pmWhat beautiful picture, Sharmilee! The pesarattu look so tempting.
Lite Bite
Shobha Kamath says
April 12, 2011 at 6:23 amI like this dosa too! But the recipe that I have, involves more of rice too. This one seems more crispier. I would surely like to try this one out. Thanks.
anu says
May 4, 2011 at 3:53 pmYummy and delicious looking Pesarattu Green Gram Dosa
foodie @ tastingspot says
October 9, 2011 at 8:04 amlove your photographs… if you like you can share them on http://tastingspot.com
Anu says
December 15, 2011 at 11:45 amLooks good.. have to try it.. soon.But what about the 1tbsp of rice mentioned in the ingredients ???
Sharmilee! :) says
December 15, 2011 at 2:45 pm@Anu : It should be grinded with green gram itself, added it now 🙂
Tej says
May 21, 2012 at 8:25 amI tried your way of making pesarattu and it did come out well. I didn't know if the rice had to be soaked or not, so soaked it along with the green gram. Thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂
Tejaswini
Sharmilee! :) says
May 21, 2012 at 8:35 am@Tej : Yes rice should also be soaked with green gram itself…Now updated in the recipe too 🙂
Unknown says
September 13, 2012 at 11:17 amVery Healthy Dish, Update more diabeties receipes.
shital cool says
September 18, 2012 at 5:43 amyour photography make me try this recepie though i have already know about it but never tried,but today finally i made it.too yummy.this recepie is first recepie of our this years green gram harvest as yeasterday only it has come from farm.
shital.
Meenal Ramanathan says
March 30, 2013 at 6:13 pmi tried Pesarattu .taste was good
but i felt there was a bit of raw smell of green gram
how to avoid it
Sharmilee! :) says
March 31, 2013 at 2:35 amOh not really sure…I havent found any raw smell at all.May be in that case you can pressure cook for 2 whistles and then grind it…but not sure whether it will work because havent it tried it that way myself.
Shaikh ZaeD FAizan says
July 18, 2013 at 2:17 pmplz tell me if i am correct
we should soak gram and rice whole day and
then grind it at evening and then again leave it like that
for whole night .
and then cook it in the morning plz reply quickly
SHARMILEE J says
July 18, 2013 at 3:23 pmYes soaking atleast for 8hrs is needed…after grinding you can instantly make pesarattu no need to leave to rest.
priya says
August 16, 2013 at 12:12 pmHai mam… Happy to post my first comment on your precious website.. Such a wonderful site, guiding many people for a better cooking..[Especially Vijayapriya;)] And Photographs are too good..
Please teme.. Can I Refrigerate that Batter for the Nextday???
SHARMILEE J says
August 16, 2013 at 12:15 pmYes when I make it for dinner I refrigerate the leftover batter for next day
Anil Reddy says
December 20, 2013 at 4:13 amI love pesarattu. This is the one of the Famous and delicious Andhra Break fast recipe. Thanks for sharing for those who are trying to learn how to cook it. you can try Uggani recipe which is one of the famous Andhra Break fast recipe too.
sara says
September 15, 2014 at 1:28 pmHai sharmi can I use one tbsp pulungal arisi?
SHARMILEE J says
September 15, 2014 at 5:33 pmYes you can add that….
Shakti says
November 3, 2015 at 1:08 pmHi.. batter has to be used only when it is made fresh or how long can we actually refrigerate and use this batter ? My question might be a bit silly.. but.. I am a beginner.. just started to cook.. #newlywed #cookingislikenightmare.
SHARMILEE J says
November 3, 2015 at 1:46 pmYou can keep for 2 days…
Shakti says
November 3, 2015 at 1:52 pmThanku:)
Khadija H says
March 5, 2016 at 6:15 amhey sharmi thanks for ur lovely recipes. i tried this n dosa was chewy. did i miss anything.
SHARMILEE J says
March 7, 2016 at 2:48 pmIt will take time to cook so cook in low flame till it browns evenly and gets roasted well