Recipe:  Ghavan / Pasarat / Pesarattu

Cooking time:  30 mins

Level:  Easy

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About the Recipe: This dish is popular as Ghavan, Pasarat or Dhirdha in Maharashtra. In South India it is well know as Pesarattu. This is a very healthy snack and can be enjoyed in the evening.

Nutrient Benefit:  It’s a low calorie dish and rich in protein and fiber. Green Split Gram is considered as a very healthy as it is easy to digest. 

Ingredients:

Split Green Gram	2cups
Garlic Petals	4 to 5
Chilli Powder	1 to 2 tbsp
Cumin Powder	1 tbsp
Salt	As per taste
Sugar	As per taste
Oil	-
Chopped Onion	1

Directions: 

• Soak 2 cups of split green gram in water for more than 4 hours.
• Retain the water well enough such that its just an inch above the soaked green grams. 
• Add 4 to 5 garlic petals in the above mixture. 
• Add 2 tbsp of chilli powder.
• Add 1 tbsp of cumin powder. 
• Salt as per taste (2 and 1/2 ) tbsp.
• Add a pinch of sugar in the mixture. 
• Grind the mixture of Green Gram in a mixer.
• If required you can add water. But be a little careful while adding. 
• More water will make the batter loose its constancy.
• The mixture should be thick enough like dosa batter.
• Once the batter is ready, heat a pan on medium high.
• Add few drops of oil and make dosa from the batter.
• Let it be golden brown from both sides. 
• For garnishing, fry the chopped onions in very little amount of oil.
• Fry them till they become golden brown. 
• Spread almost 1 to 2 tbsp of fried onion on one of the semicircle of dosa and fold.
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Variations:

• Instead of Green Gram you can also use Yellow Split Gram (mong dal).