Pesarattu (Whole Greengram dal dosa)

Ingredients:

• Green garam dal whole (Pachai payaru) – 1 cup (soak in water for 10 hrs)
• Rice – 2 tbsp (soak this with dal for 10 hrs)
• Onion – 1 medium
• Ginger –  1/4  stick
• Green chilli – 4 to 5 (adjust to your spice level)
• Salt – to taste

To garnish on top of dosa:

• Onion – 1/2 cup (finely chopped)
• Green chilli – 1 tbsp (finely chopped)
• Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Oil  – 1 tbsp

Recipe:

1. For batter: Grind and make a batter of soaked Green gram dal whole and Rice, Onion, Ginger and Green Chili. Add Salt to the batter.
2. For garnishing: Heat Oil in a pan and add Cumin seeds. Once the seeds starts spluttering, add Green chili, Onion and fry.
   
3. For Pesarattu: Prepare dosa using the ground batter. Then place 1½ tsp of Onion garnish on top of the dosa and serve.
4. For Pesaru Upma: Instead of onion garnish, place  2 tbsp of rava upma on top of the dosa and serve.

Goes well with: Ginger chutney.