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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.

Tags: andhra, dosa, Green gram dal whole

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