Whole moong dal dosa, Green Gram dosa or pesarattu is a Andhra special dosa variety made with green moong dal. It was introduced to me after coming to Chennai. The moment I have tasted this Dosa in a restaurant, I loved it to the core for its unique taste, green color and health factor as well.
We include green moong dal in our weekly menu in the form of Pesarattu dosa, Sundal or sprouts as it has high proteins. This healthy dosa is very simple to make with few ingredients and apt for breakfast. Serve the dosa with rava Upma, coconut chutney, Idli Milagai podi or even curd. It tastes good with out any side dish too. This can be given to babies from 10 months. Now let’s get on to check whole moong dal dosa recipe for babies, toddlers and kids.
- Green moong dal - ¾ cup
- Raw rice - 2 tbsp
- Onion - 1 medium sized
- Green chillies - 2
- Ginger - 1 inch piece
- Garlic - 3 small cloves
- Cumin seeds - ½ tsp
- Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
- Salt - to taste
- Oil - as needed
- Soak green moong dal and raw rice for 8 hours or overnight. The water fully absorbed by the green moong in the morning and it will be double in volume. In a blender, take soaked green moong dal with rice,ginger, green chillies, garlic cloves and cumin seeds. Add little water and grind it to a coarse paste.
- Chop the onions finey and keep aside.Transfer the ground batter to the vessel and add onions,Corainder leaves along with salt. Mix well and set aside.
- Heat a dosa tawa, add a laddle of batter to it and spread thin or thick as per your preference. Cook until brown for three minutes and flip the dosa. Cook for another two mintutes and remove from tawa. Repeat the same process for the remaining batter.
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I have tried this for my 11 months boy. He wont eat. It’s big tough for me to feeed. But he likes a lot this dosa. Thanks for this recipe.
So glad to know your son likes it:)
Hi, How many days can we store the batter for this dosa?
It Stays good for two days in the refrigerator.
Ok, thanks
Really happy to have found this website for my 16 month old..i wish i would have come across this a bit earlier..
I really love ur detailed recipes with pictures…u r doing a great job dear!!!
Plz keep posting new and healthy recipes for 5-6 year old kiddos too…waiting eagerly!!!..
Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement 🙂 Will surely try to include more recipes:) Keep supporting!
Hi Kalyani, does the moong have to be soaked for 8 hours. If I’m using the green moong dal half variety, can I soak it for 2 hours?
soak it until soft. guess it may take at least 4 hours
Hi Kalyani, I wanted to know if it’s necessary to soak it for so long.
yes soaking is necessary