High Protein Moonglet Recipe
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Moonglet, a.k.a. Moong Dal Chilla is a scrumptious North Indian food with full of fiber & high protein.
Overview
Moonglet is a fluffy pancake made from split mung beans and topped like a pizza with vegetables, seasoning and cheese. Moonglet is gluten free. This recipe can be adapted to suit a vegan diet and a Jain diet. Feeding the dish to kids is also considered to be good, as moong dal is a great source of protein and fibre.
Tips
- To adapt the recipe to a vegan / plant-based diet, use only vegetables or use tofu for the topping. You can either skip the cheese or use vegan cheese.
- To adapt the recipe to a Jain diet, skip the ginger in the batter. You can replace it with asafoetida or hing.
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- Servings : 2
- Prep Time : 20 mins
- Cook Time : 20 mins
Ingredients
- Moong Dal 1 cup
- Ginger 1 inch
- Green Chili 1-2 portion
- Salt to taste
- Tomato sliced 1 tbsp
- Bell pepper (capsicum) sliced 2 tbsp
- Sweet peppers sliced 2 tbsp
- Carrots grated 2 tbsp
- Corn boiled 2 tbsp
- Red chili powder 1/2 tsp
- Dry mango (amchur) powder 1 tsp
- Chaat masala 1 tsp
- Eno or baking soda 1 tsp
- Butter 1 tbsp
Directions
- Moong Dal Batter
- Clean and seive the moong dal with water.
- Soak 1 cup moong dal for 4 hours.
- Blend the moong dal along with 1/2 inch ginger, chilli and salt to taste.
- Transfer the batter into a big mixing bowl.
- Add vegetables
- Diced tomato 2 tbsp.
- Green bell pepper 2 tbsp.
- Sweet bell pepper 2 tbsp.
- Grated carrots 2 tbsp.
- Corn 2 tbsp.
- Add spices
- Salt to taste.
- Coriander powder 1 tsp
- Dry mango powder 1 tsp
- Red chilli powder 1 tsp or to taste
- Chaat Masala 1 tsp
- Mix the vegetables and spices.
- Add the slight water to smoothen the consistency.
- Add ENO or Baking Soda to get the fluffy texture.
- Moonglet
- Greese the flat pan with 1 tbsp butter.
- Add moong dal batter in the center and let it flow to the sides.
- Pour 4 to 5 laddle based on the pan size so that moonglet cover the pan sides.
- Add butter to make it crispy and cook from both sides.
- Moonglet is ready, transfer to serving plate.
- Condiments for Moonglet
- Green Coriander & Mint Chutney
- Dates & Tamarind Chutney.
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