Veg Patty Moonglet, a.k.a. Stuffed Moong Dal Chilla is a scrumptious North Indian food with full of fiber & high protein.

Overview

Moonglet is a perfect dish to prepare in breakfast. Making this tempting recipe is an easy task and can be made with simple ingredients such as moong dal and a melange of spices. Feeding the dish to kids is also considered to be good, as moong dal is a great source of protein and fibre.

Veg Patty Moonglet is gluten free and serves as a great replacement of burgers.

Tips

• To adapt the recipe to a vegan / plant-based diet, use only vegetables or use tofu for the topping. You can either skip the cheese or use vegan cheese.
• To adapt the recipe to a Jain diet, skip the ginger in the batter. You can replace it with asafoetida or hing.

Video Recipe

Ingredients

• Moong Dal 1 cup
• Ginger 1 inch
• Green Chili 1-2 portion
• Salt to taste
• Tomato sliced 1 tbsp
• Bell pepper (capsicum) sliced 2 tbsp
• Sweet peppers sliced 2 tbsp
• Carrots grated 2 tbsp
• Corn boiled 2 tbsp
• Red chili powder 1/2 tsp
• Dry mango (amchur) powder 1 tsp
• Chaat masala 1 tsp
• Eno or baking soda 1 tsp
• Butter 1 tbsp

Instructions

• Moong Dal Batter
  • Clean and seive the moong dal with water.
  • Soak 1 cup moong dal for 4 hours.
  • Blend the moong dal along with 1/2 inch ginger, chilli and salt to taste.
• Stuffing
  • Use pan and add 1 tsp olive oil.
  • Add vegetables
    • Grated ginger 1 tbsp
    • Diced tomato 1/2 cup
    • Grated carrots half cup.
    • Grated beetroot 1/4 cup.
    • Green bell pepper 1/2 cup.
    • Green peas 1/2 cup.
    • Corn 1/2 cup.
    • Paneer cubes 1/2 cup.
    • Boiled potato 1/2 cup/
  • Add spices
    • Salt to taste.
    • Coriander powder 1 tsp
    • Dry mango powder 1 tsp
    • Red chilli powder 1 tsp or to taste
    • Garam Masala 1 tsp
    • Black pepper 1 tsp.
  • Mash the vegetables and mix the spices.
  • Cook for 10 mins, veg patty ingredients is ready.
• Veg Patty Moonglet
  • Add 1 tsp olive oil on a flat surface pan.
  • Add 1 ladle moong dal batter to pan.
  • Take smalll portion of vegetable ingredients and form a patty.
  • Place the veg patty in middle and cover it with moong dal batter from all sides.
  • Cook it from both sides, Veg Patty Moonglet is ready.
  • Cut the veg patty moonglet and transfer to a serving plate.
• The best condiments for Veg Patty Moonglet are
  • Green Coriander & Mint Chutney
  • Dates & Tamarind Chutney.

Enjoy the bursting flavours of authentic traditional indian delicacy … !