How to make tasty Moong Dal Appe 

Whether it is an evening snack or easy and light dinner, Moong Dal Appe is one of the best recipe. It is tasty, healthy and easy to make. Moreover moong dal is very light and easy to digest so makes a perfect food for a light dinner.

Moong dal is very easy to digest and full of nutrients. It is a very popular and widely used lentil/dal. Moong dal is often used to make Khichdi along with rice.

Appe is a type of snack/fritter in which a special utensil is used called Appe patra. It is easily available in the market. Using very less oil we can make many varieties of Appe in Appe patra. 

Try my other snacks recipes also  

Mozzarella cheese Fingers 

Crispy potato bites 

Vada Pav Kabuli chana kebab/chick pea Kebab 

Cheese ball  

Ingredients:

• Yellow moong dal – 2 cups
• Curd – ¼ to ½ cup
• Semolina/Suji – ½ cup
• Green chilli – 5 to 6 nos
• Cumin seeds/jeera – 2 tsp
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Ginger – 1 inch
• Mint leaves/ pudina – ¼ cup
• Salt – to taste
• Sodium bicarbonate – ½ tsp
• Oil – as required

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Method:

• Soak the moong dal for 3 to 4 hours in warm water.
• Drain the water from the dal.
• Grind into coarse paste, moong dal along with all the dry ingredients except salt.
• In a large bowl mix the moong dal paste with curd.
• To this mixture add Suji/semolina and mix.

• Add chopped mint/pudina leaves to the paste. Add salt to taste and mix.
• Cover and leave the batter for ½ hour. During this time the Suji/semolina will be soaked properly and absorbs moisture from the batter. This will also help Suji/ semolina to cook properly.
• Now heat the appe pan.
• Grease the pan/appe patra generously with oil. During the first batch of appe more oil will be required for greasing. After one batch of appe little oil will be enough. One good thing about this appe is, it doesn’t absorb much oil during cooking.

• After ½ hour add sodium bicarbonate and mix properly. The batter will become light and fluffy.
• Now pour the appe batter into the pan using a spoon.
• Now let the appe cook till it leaves the corner of the pan/appe patra or change color.  The appe will also rise and become fluffy. 
• Grease with some oil if the side seams dry.
• Turn the side of the appe and cook till it turns crispy & golden brown.
• Serve hot with tomato sauce or mint/pudina chutney.