Moong Dal Chilla (Healthy Mung Bean Crepe, Street Style)
A green crepe baked on an iron plate! Healthy magic wrapped in spices and cheese
Description
North Indian healthy high-protein street food pasting water-soaked Moong Dal (mung bean), baking thin like a crepe on giant griddle, rolling Paneer (cheese)/veg inside.
Restaurants serving Moong Dal Chilla (Healthy Mung Bean Crepe, Street Style)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Moong Dal
- Paneer(Cheese)
- Onion
- Ginger
- Green chili
- Cumin
- Butter
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] 150g skinless Moong Dal (soaked overnight),
- ginger clove,
- green chili, 1/
- tsp cumin seeds, salt, 100g Paneer (grated), 1/
- minced onion, cilantro,
- tbsp butter or oil,
- tbsp green chutney.
- Paste yellow Moong Dal (skinless) softened soaking overnight in water with ginger, green chilies, a little water in mixer, making smooth greenish-yellow paste batter.
- Heat stall's large griddle (Tawa), drop ladle of batter in center, spread thin like Dosa drawing circles with ladle back.
- Brush butter (or oil) on surface; when batter bakes fragrantly and edges crisp, heap pure white grated Paneer (Indian cheese), minced raw onions, cilantro, a little Chaat Masala in center.
- Scatter Paneer across batter with spatula, fold in three (or roll) 'pat-pat' from batter edge.
- Cut bite-sized on griddle, serve alongside vivid green mint chutney and sweet-sour tamarind chutney. Bean savoriness, cheese milkiness, veg crispiness harmonize perfectly—supreme zero-guilt snack.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Dissolve chickpea flour (Besan) in water and bake (batter texture changes but as sub)
Pairing
Masala Chai、Fresh juice
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Chilla' is a generic term for Indian crepes/pancakes. While South Indian 'Dosa' ferments rice/beans, Chilla doesn't ferment, baking bean paste directly, enjoying direct bean flavor and chewiness. Hugely popular as 'street-eatable protein' in India needing protein for many vegetarians.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Dunk piping hot green crepe with melted cheese heavily into refreshing mint/coriander chutney, exploding bean savoriness and herb aroma in the mouth!
Allergen
Soy (Lentils), Dairy