Ingredients
Moong dhal / Pachai payiru / Moong bean - 3/4 cup
Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
Ginger - 1 cm
Red Chili Powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin Powder - 1 tsp
Green Chili - 2 - 4 (depends on how spicy you want it to be)
Salt to taste
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
Soaking & Grinding:
Soak moong dhal overnight. It is good to grind when the skin peels off from moong.
In a blender coarsely grind moong dhal without adding water.
In a bowl, add the moong dhal batter, grated or finely chopped ginger, pepper powder, chili powder, finely chopped green chili, salt, cumin seeds, garam masala and mix it well.
Frying
Heat oil in a kadai (you will need 2 cup of oil for small kadai).
Take a spoon full of moong dhal batter and drop it in the oil just like you would do for frying appam or vadas.
Flip it when the bottom is cooked, repeat flipping until it turns golden brown. When the crackling noise of the oil reduces remove and put it on the kitchen towel or napkin for the excess oil to get absorbed. You can fry 4-5 mangoodae\'s in each batch.
Serving
Serve it with Tomato ketchup or Green(mint/coriander) chutney.
