Pesarattu

Pesarattu is an Indian snack popular in Andhra Pradesh. It is type of a Dosa, another popular South Indian snack. This is a unique snack of Andhra cuisine.

Ingredients

It is called as a attu prepared from pesaralu or mung bean called as moong dal in Hindi.

Types

The variations include a) making from soaked whole mung beans, which gives a greenish hue to the Pesarattu, and, b) making with yellow coloured Pesaralu, made from peeled mung beans, which gives a fine golden yellow tint to the dosa when roasted. Both these forms are famous in Andhra Pradesh, and are typically served with chutney made from ginger and tamarind.

* Plain Pesara
* Onion Pesara
* Upma pesara
* Onion & Ginger pesara
* MLA pesarattu, a super-large pesarattu that references MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly)

Upma pesara is most favourate in Andhra Pradesh, especially in coastal Andhra and East Godavari and West Godavari.