Ingredients

• moong dal saboot - 1 cup.
• raw rice - 1 cup.
• green chillies - 8 or less if you want it less spicy.
• ginger - 1 inch piece.
• a few curry leaves, corinder leaves.
• grated coconut - 2 tbsp.
• onion - 2 medium.
• salt to taste.

How to Make Pessaritu

• Wash and soak whole moong dal and rice for 30-45 minutes.
• Grind to a coarse paste with ginger, chillies, coconut, salt, curry leaves and coriander leaves. The consistency should be of dosa batter.
• Separately, in a kadhai heat 2 tbsp of cooking oil. Add finely chopped onions and green chillies and fry till onions are transparent.
• To make pesarittu, heat a dosa tava, pour a ladle of moong dal mix and spread it like a dosa.
• Add oil around the pesarritu and cook till golden brown on both sides.
• Before removing from the tava, spread 1 tbsp of fried onions in the middle.
• Fold the pesarritu into half and serve hot with coconut chutney.