High Protein Yellow Moong Dal Appe
High Protein Yellow Moong Dal Appe are crispy outside, soft inside, and packed with plant-based protein for a delicious bite.
Equipment
- Appam Pan
Ingredients
1 cup = 250 ml
- 1 cup yellow moong dal
- 2 green chilies
- Small piece of ginger
- Few coriander stems
- 8-10 black pepper corns
- 1/4 cup curd
- 3 tbsp semolina
- 1/2 onion (finely chopped)
- 1 small carrot (grated)
- 1 small capsicum (finely chopped)
- Handful of coriander leaves
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp water
- Few mustard seeds
- Few curry leaves
- Oil as required
Instructions
- Wash and soak moong dal overnight.
- Drain and add dal to a grinder jar.
- Add ginger, green chilies, coriander stems, black pepper corns and curd.
- Grind to a smooth paste and add to a bowl.
- Then add semolina, onion (finely chopped), carrot (grated), capsicum (finely chopped), coriander leaves, cumin seeds, turmeric powder and garam masala.
- Give it a good mix.
- Rest it for 10 minutes.
- Then add baking soda and water over the soda.
- Whisk it so well.
- Drop bit of oil in each cavity of appe pan.
- Brush to grease entire cavities.
- Then add 5-7 mustard seeds and one curry leaf in cavity.
- Over that, drop the moong dal batter upto 3/4th cavity.
- Put a lid and let it cook on low heat for 4-5 minutes.
- Thereafter turn the sides of each appe.
- Cook for 5 minutes from other side as well.
- Moong dal appe are ready. Enjoy hot with coconut chutney or any other dip of your choice.
Notes
- If you are short of time, you can soak dal for minimum 2 hours.
- This recipe can be made only in appam pan and in case you don't own appam pan, you can make pancakes with the same batter or drop a dollop of batter in oil and deep fry them.