North Indian
Moong Dal Chilla (Lentil Crepes)
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Moong Dal Chilla (Lentil Crepes) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Soak the moong dal for 3 hours, then drain and blend it with the ginger, green chilies, cumin, and a little water into a smooth batter.
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Stir in the turmeric, salt, finely chopped onion, and cilantro.
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Heat a nonstick pan over medium, brush with oil, and pour a ladle of batter, spreading it into a thin round.
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Drizzle a little oil around the edges and cook until the underside is golden, about 3 minutes, then flip and cook until set.
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Serve the chillas hot off the pan.
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Serve it with
A North Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Moong Dal Chilla (Lentil Crepes), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Moong Dal Chilla (Lentil Crepes) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 300 kcal
- Protein
- 17 g
- Carbs
- 45 g
- Fat
- 6 g
- Fiber
- 6 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Moong Dal Chilla (Lentil Crepes) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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