Kitchen Tantra

Masal Dosai:

Ingredients:

Parboiled rice 1 cup
Raw rice 1 cup
Urad dal 1/2 cup
Fenugreek seeds 1 spoon
Salt
Soda
Sesame oil 1-2 spoons
Sesame oil for making dosa.

For Topping:

Onion 1 large fienly chopped
Green chilies 6 fienly chopped
Garlic 4 crushed
Potatoes 2 large skinned, boiled & mashed
Salt
Turmeric 1/4 spoon
Mustard seeds
Oil few spoons
Cilantro leaves few to garnish.

Method:

Mix all the above said ingredients except salt, soda and oil. Soak them in water for about 5 hours.

Wet grind them....to thin paste. Maybe with limited water.

Now add salt, soda dissolved in water and sesame oil.

Let it to ferment....maybe 7 hours.

Once the fermentation part is over.....the dosa batter is ready.

For Topping:

In a wide pan, heat oil. Crackle mustards and add chilies, onions, mashed potatoes, salt and turmeric powder. Let them blend really well and aromatic.

Garnish with cilantro leaves. Set aside.

For Masal Dosa:

Smear a spoon full of oil or ghee on a hot tawa. Take a table spoon full of batter and make a thin crepe. Maintain the stove on low flame only. Cover with lid.

Add few spoons of ghee or oil at the edges of the crepe. Now place a table spoon full of potatoe on the top. Maybe tap and spread them a little. Its not necessary to turn the dosa to the other side.

Serve warm along with chutney, sambar or korma.

Labels: Dosa