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    The document provides a recipe for Pesarattu, a dosa-like crepe from Andhra Pradesh, India. It calls for mung beans, green peppers, cumin, onion, water, and salt. To make it, the mung beans are rinsed, soaked for an hour, coarse ground with the peppers and salt. The onion and cumin are added to the batter. Small circles of the batter are cooked on a griddle, flipping once, and served with chutney. Pesarattu is nutritious as it contains fiber, vitamins, and minerals but is low in sodium.

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    The document provides a recipe for Pesarattu, a dosa-like crepe from Andhra Pradesh, India. It calls for mung beans, green peppers, cumin, onion, water, and salt. To make it, the mung beans are rinsed, soaked for an hour, coarse ground with the peppers and salt. The onion and cumin are added to the batter. Small circles of the batter are cooked on a griddle, flipping once, and served with chutney. Pesarattu is nutritious as it contains fiber, vitamins, and minerals but is low in sodium.

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    Pesarattu Recipe: Health Information

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    Arvind Ranganathan
    The document provides a recipe for Pesarattu, a dosa-like crepe from Andhra Pradesh, India. It calls for mung beans, green peppers, cumin, onion, water, and salt. To make it, the mung beans are rinsed, soaked for an hour, coarse ground with the peppers and salt. The onion and cumin are added to the batter. Small circles of the batter are cooked on a griddle, flipping once, and served with chutney. Pesarattu is nutritious as it contains fiber, vitamins, and minerals but is low in sodium.

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    Pesarattu Recipe

    Pesarattu is not only easy to prepare but also very nutritious as we are using
    green gram to make this dosa . A delicacy from Andhra Pradesh, it is
    sometimes served with plain upma (pesarattu with upma is know as MLA
    pesarattu) and ginger chutney. Today we will learn how to make pesarattu
    following this easy recipe.

    Recipe Ingredients for pesarattu


    1 1/2 cups mung beans, mature
    seeds
    12
    tsp oil
    4
    peppers, green, hot
    1
    tsp cumin
    1
    small onion, chopped
    1
    cup water
    1
    salt to taste
    Recipe Directions for pesarattu
    rinse and soak the mung beans for about an hour.
    coarse grind, adding the green peppers and salt using one cup of water
    add the chopped onion and cumin.
    heat griddle.
    pour a laddle of the batter and spread into a circle about 5 inch in diameter.
    pour half a tsp of oil around the outer edges of the circle.
    cook for about 2 minutes, flip and cook the other side, adding another 1/2
    tsp of oil.
    serve with green chutney, mango pickle or idli powder.

    Health Information
    Nutrition Grade
    96% confidence

    Nutrition Facts
    Servings Per Recipe: 3
    Serving Size: 1 serving
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 86.4

    Good points
    No cholesterol
    Very low in sodium
    High in dietary fiber

    Total Fat 1.3 g


    Saturated Fat 0.1 g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
    Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
    Cholesterol 0.0 mg
    Sodium 2,332.5 mg
    Potassium 194.1 mg
    Total Carbohydrate 14.2 g
    Dietary Fiber 5.9 g
    Sugars 1.5 g
    Protein 5.4 g

    Vitamin A 0.4 %
    Vitamin B-12 0.0 %
    Vitamin B-6 2.5 %
    Vitamin C 1.3 %
    Vitamin D 0.0 %
    Vitamin E 1.8 %
    Calcium 2.2 %
    Copper 5.6 %
    Folate 26.8 %
    Iron 6.6 %
    Magnesium 8.6 %
    Manganese 10.8 %
    Niacin 2.1 %
    Pantothenic Acid 2.8 %
    Phosphorus 6.9 %
    Riboflavin 2.5 %
    Selenium 2.5 %
    Thiamin 7.5 %
    Zinc 3.9 %

    *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or
    lower depending on your calorie needs.

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