Pisirettu Dosa

Indications :

• It balances pitta and kapha.
• It is pathya (whole some diet).
• It is good for eyes.
• It binds the stools.
• It is cooling and nourishing.
• It is light and easy to digest.

Especially useful diet for :

• Enlargement of abdomen
• General debility
• Diabetes
• Heart diseases
• Skin diseases
• Sprue
• Bleeding disorders such as :
  • Nose blood
  • Bleeding piles
  • Excessive menstruation etc

English name: Green gram, Mung bean
Botanical name: Vigna radiata
Sanskrit name: Mudga
Hindi name: Moong
Tamil name: Paccha payaru

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Preparations

Ingredients :

Hulled green gram – 1 cup
Parboiled rice - 1 cup
Fenugreek - 2 teaspoon
Rock salt - to taste

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Method :

Soak green gram, parboiled rice and fenugreek over night. Grind them well to a dosa batter consistency. Add salt and mix well (Fermentation of batter should be avoided). Spread it on a tawa to make dosa. Sprinkle ghee around the corners. Roast it to golden brown. Serve hot with coconut and mint chutneys.

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