Moong Dal Chilla Potlis

Source : Put Soaked And Drained Moong Dal Ginger Green Chilli Salt Asafoetida Turmeric Powder And Cumin Powder In A Blender Blend Into A Smooth Paste You C...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : February 25, 2026

Step:

  1. Put soaked and drained moong dal, ginger, green chilli, salt, asafoetida, turmeric powder and cumin powder in a blender.
    Blend into a smooth paste. You can use some of the soaking water for dal to blend well.

    Moong Dal Chilla Potlis recipe step 1 photo
  2. Heat a nonstick tawa.Once the tawa is hot, smear very little oil.
    Take a laddle full of the dal batter and spread it with the back of the ladle in a circular motion spreading outwards, just like dosa.

    Moong Dal Chilla Potlis recipe step 2 photo Moong Dal Chilla Potlis recipe step 2 photo
  3. Put some oil on the sides and let the chilla cook from one side.
    Flip once you start seeing crisp border and cook from the other side as well.

    Moong Dal Chilla Potlis recipe step 3 photo Moong Dal Chilla Potlis recipe step 3 photo
  4. Make other chillas similarly and keep aside.

  5. Heat a pan, add oil and let it heat. Now add onion and capsicum. Fry till soft.
    Add tomatoes, garlic and fry for a couple of minutes.

  6. Now add crumbled paneer, salt, red chilli powder, chaat masala, cumin powder, black pepper powder and chopped coriander and mix well. Cook for a minute and take it off the heat.

  7. For making potlis, take a cheela and put 2 tbsp of the paneer stuffing. Bring the sides together to form a potli or a pouch. Close the mouth with a spring onion green. Similarly make all potlis.

    Moong Dal Chilla Potlis recipe step 7 photo Moong Dal Chilla Potlis recipe step 7 photo Moong Dal Chilla Potlis recipe step 7 photo

Ingredients

  1. 1/2 cup Moong Dal soaked for 3-4 hours or overnight
  2. 1/2 inch Ginger
  3. 1 Green Chilli
  4. to taste Salt
  5. 1/4 tsp Asafoetida (hing)
  6. 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
  7. 1 tsp Cumin Powder
  8. 2 tbsp Oil for Shallow Frying the Chillas
  9. For Paneer stuffing..
  10. 1 tbsp Oil
  11. 1/2 cup Onion finely chopped
  12. 1/4 cup Capsicum finely chopped
  13. 1/4 cup Tomatoes finely chopped
  14. 1 tsp Garlic finely chopped
  15. 1 cup Paneer (cottage cheese) crumbled
  16. to taste Salt
  17. 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
  18. 1/2 tsp Chaat Masala
  19. 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
  20. 1/4 tsp Black Pepper Powder
  21. 1 tbsp Coriander finely chopped

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