Dalia- Moong Dal Dosa

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Dalia (Broken wheat or Lapsi) and moong dal dosa is one of our favourite breakfast item. The best part is that it requires minimal soaking time compared to the traditional dosa.


Preparation time : 10 minutes + 1 hour soaking
Cooking time: 2 minutes per dosa
Makes: 8-10 dosas
Recipe Source: Meenakshi S (my mother-in-law who is a fabulous cook)

Ingredients:
1 cup yellow Moong Dal ( I have used a small cup)
1 cup Dalia/Lapsi/ Broken Wheat (same cup as moong dal)
1 inch ginger
2 green chillies (quantity based on your spice levels and chilli variant)
1 pinch hing
10 curry leaves
Salt (according to taste)
Water (to make the thin batter)

Preparation:

  1. Wash the moong dal and dalia and soak them for a minimum of one hour. 
  2. Grind the dal-dalia mix in the mixie along with other ingredients into a thin batter. 
  3. Heat the dosa pan and make thin dosas.

Note:

  1. I have also soaked dalia-moong dal mix overnight and it works just fine.
  2. If you can also put the curry leaves in the batter after grinding but I don't prefer the taste  of whole curry leaves and hence I add it in the grinding step. 
  3. You can also add spinach or coriander to make green dosas.


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