Pesaretu (whole mung beans crepe)

Dosa (lentil crepes) is a popular dish in South Indian cuisine. It can be served for breakfast or dinner. There are hundreds of variety of dosas. Pesaretu is from Andhra Pradesh. It is a crepe made with whole green mung beans. It is usually filled with sauteed onion and rawa (cream of wheat) upma. This dosa does not require fermentation. It is light and nutritious.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups whole green mung beans
1/2 cup Idly rice
5-6 green chili
1 inch ginger, peeled and chopped
salt to taste
1 teaspoon asafoetida
1 onion, chopped and sauteed

Method:
1. Soak mung beans and rice together for 6 hours.
2. Grind soaked beans and rice with green chili and ginger to a smooth batter. Mix in salt and asafoetida.

3. Pour a ladle (1/2 cup) batter on hot griddle and smooth out to a thin crepe. Drizzle 1 teaspoon oil around the edges of pesaretu. flip over and cook both sides.

4. Spoon sauteed onion on the bottom half of pesaretu. Fold top half over. Remove from griddle.

5. Serve hot with chutney of your choice. 

Note: In Andhra, pesaretu is served with rawa upma filled inside.
I served pesaretu filled with sauteed onion and served onion-tomato kara chutney.