Moong dal chilla

Name: Moong dal chilla
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup moong dal; 1 onion; 1 green chilli; 1/4 cup chopped capsicum; 1/4 cup sweet corn(optional); 1/4 cup coriander leaves; 1/4 tsp asafoetida; 1/4 tsp cooking soda; 1 tsp Chaat masala (optional); as needed Salt

Prerna @cook_29079756

Moonglet, Moong dal chilla or cheela is a delicious snack with just the ingredients at home. Soft and fluffy inside, crispy outside.
#cookwithchatpatifoodblogger

Prerna @cook_29079756

Moonglet, Moong dal chilla or cheela is a delicious snack with just the ingredients at home. Soft and fluffy inside, crispy outside.
#cookwithchatpatifoodblogger

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Ingredients

20 mins

3 servings

1 cupmoong dal
1onion
1green chilli
1/4 cupchopped capsicum
1/4 cupsweet corn(optional)
1/4 cupcoriander leaves
1/4 tspasafoetida
1/4 tspcooking soda
1 tspChaat masala (optional)
as neededSalt

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Steps

20 mins

1

Soak moong dal for an hour. Grind to a coarse paste without making it watery.
You can make the moonglet immediately. Mix well with salt, other chopped ingredients. Add eno just before making.
2

Mix to make a fluffy batter.
Heat a heavy bottomed pan with generous oil or butter.
3

Pour 2 ladle full of batter to make a thick (adai/ uthappam/ pancake) chilla.
Cook covered patiently to give a golden crust.
4

Flip carefully and continue cook in the other side. Slit open with spatula itself into 4 and pour melt butter or oil.
When both sides are golden and crisp, take out and serve immediately.
5

For low calorie version, you can make thin cheela and just smear oil as needed.