Pesarathu

A famous Andhra breakfast recipe is Pesarathu. It’s made up of green gram dhal and it looks more or less like dosa. This is a slighter different version from my partner Saraswathi's blog.

Ingredients:

• Green Gram Dhal – 500 gms
• Green chillies – 6 nos
• Onion – 3 nos
• Coriander leaves – ¼ bunch
• Water (as required)
• Rice flour – ¼ gms

Method:

1. Soak green gram dhal overnight almost about 8 to 10 hours
2. Next day morning add green gram dhal, chillies, coriander leaves and grind it either in the food processor or in mixer with little water. Batter should be same as dosa
3. Chop onions into small pieces using the chopper or knife
4. Add salt and rice flour to the batter and mix well
5. Heat the dosa pan in a medium flame
6. Add little oil and spread it across the dosa pan
7. Pour the pesaratu batter on the pan
8. Spread it across
9. When the first side is roasted turn it the other side till it gets roasted well
10. Serve it hot with any chutney

For a special taste, garnish onion and coriander leaves on them.

In Andhra they serve this with upma or upittu. This post is sent to Blog Hop Wednesday started by Radhika.


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• 1 cup sliced ginger
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1 bottle club soda

Bring the first 3 ingredients to a boil and cook for 15 minutes. Let them cool. When cool, pour in a punch bowl and stir in the fruit juices. Add the club soda and ice cubes and serve in punch cups.
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• 1 cup soaked/sprouted green gram
• 1 piece ginger
• coriander leaves
• 1/2 tsp. cumin seeds
• salt to taste
• 2 tbsp. rice or plain flour
• 1 cup grated carrots
• 1 cup finely chopped onions
• 1 cup chopped tomatoes without seeds

1. Grind green gram, ginger, cumin seeds, salt and coriander leaves to a fine paste by adding water.
2. Add rice flour to make thin flat cakes (dosas) on a griddle.
3. Add a teaspoon of grated carrot, chopped onions and tomatoes in the centre.
4. Fold into half and make a tight roll and serve hot.

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