Spinach And Split Green Gram Pancake (Palak-Moong Dosa)

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Ingredients:

Spilt green gram with skin (Chilakewali moong dal)- ½ cup

Fine semolina (Barik Rawa, Suji)- ½ cup
Chopped spinach- ½ cup

Green chilli - 2 to 3

Garlic cloves - 2 
Sugar- ½ tsp
Curd (Yogert) - 1 tbsp

Cumin - ½ tsp

Asafetida- 1 pinch
Sesame seeds- 1 tsp
Soda bi-carb - 1 pinch

Salt - to taste

Oil - as required

Method:

Wash the split green gram and soak over night or min 4 hours water. Drain the water used for soaking in a bowl, don’t waste it (It contains vitamins).
Transfer this splits to a grinder. Add green chili, garlic, spinach, cumin, sugar, curd and grind to a smooth consistency using required amount of water (use same water which is used for soaking). You will need about 1/4  cup of water.

Transfer to a bowl.  Add semolina (rawa), sesame seeds, asafetida, soda bi-carb and salt to the batter. Rest this batter for 15-20 minutes.

Heat a dosa pan/ tawa or griddle and grease the surface with oil. Pour a ladle of batter on the pan/tawa and spread it evenly around in a circular shape. 

Cover & cook for 2 mins. Drizzle little oil around the dosa and when cooked, flip it over and let it cook on the other side too till it became golden brown. 

Serve hot with tomato ketchup or any chutney.

You can use whole green gram. Soak over night.