easy moong dal chilla recipe | moong dal cheela recipe | moong dal ka chilla
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.