Warm, richly spiced, and built for a satisfying meal, moong dal chilla recipe | moong dal cheela recipe | moong dal ka chilla is a vegetarian north indian dosa made with moong dal, chilli, and ginger in about 25 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 5 chilla
- Category: dosa
- Cuisine: north indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup moong dal
- 1 chilli
- 1 inch ginger
- 1 tsp cumin / jeera
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- 2 tbsp coriander
- pinch hing / asafoetida
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 tbsp water
- oil for roasting
Method
- firstly, in a large bowl soak 1 cup moong dal for 3 hours.
- drain off the water and transfer to the mixi jar.
- also add 1 chilli, 1 inch ginger and 1 tsp cumin.
- blend to smooth paste adding water if required.
- transfer the batter to the bowl.
- also add ¼ tsp turmeric, 2 tbsp coriander, pinch hing and ½ tsp salt.
- mix well adding 3 tbsp of water forming thick flowing consistency chilla batter.
- further, pour a ladleful of batter onto a hot tawa and spread gently.
- pour ½ tsp of olive oil over chilla.
- cover and allow cooking on a medium flame for a minute.
- now flip the chilla and cook both sides pressing gently.
- finally, moong dal chilla is ready to serve with green chutney.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
