7 Easy Steps To Make High Protein Moong Dal Appe Recipe For Breakfast

By Yashika Goel
16 Apr 2025, 06:00 IST

Are you looking for a quick South Indian breakfast? Try these appe made from moong dal. It helps keep you full for longer and is light in the stomach. Tap to read the recipe!

Ingredients

You will require one cup of soaked yellow moong dal, one-fourth cup of onion, two tablespoons of coriander leaves, one-fourth cup fenugreek seeds, one-fourth cup grated coconut, one green chilli, one-fourth tablespoon mustard seeds, a half cup oil, one sprig of curry leaves, salt to taste, and water.

Soak moong dal

Start by thoroughly washing the moon daal. Now, soak the moong dal. Keep this soaked for 5-6 hours or overnight.

Blend ingredients

Take a mixer and add soaked moong daal, fenugreek seeds, onion, grated coconut, green chillies, and water. Blend it into a smooth paste.

Ferment batter

Now, transfer the batter into a glass bowl and cover it with a muslin cloth. Let the ferment overnight.

Prepare tempering

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, and curry leaves. Cook it until it starts to sputter. Add it to the batter.

Cook appe

Heat the pan and grease it with oil or butter. Pour the batter inside and cook the appe from both sides until golden brown and crisp.

Serve the appe

Once the appe are cooked nicely, serve them with coconut chutney, coriander chutney and sambhar on the side.

Information Credits

This recipe is taken from chef Ranveer Brar’s official website, @ranveerbrar.com.