masala dosai

Masala Dosa :
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One of my favorite …Masala dosa with spread!!

Here goes the recipe for Dosa batter

Ingredient:

Raw rice - 3 cups
Par boiled rice -1 cup
Urad dhal -¾ cup
Avul (poha) -2spoons
Fenugreek seed - ½ spoon


Method :
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Soak the rice and urad dhal in a separate container with lot of water ,overnight . Add the fenugreek seed and soak it along with the rice . You can soak auvl(poha) half an hour before you grind. Don’t add lot of water to avul (poha).the above should be soaked for at least 6 hours .

Grind the rice and poha together and the dhal separately . With water in intervals .don’t pour more water to the batter . It is better to start with just enough water and add as you go along,grind it till the batter is very smooth to touch. Let the batter ferment . You can see bubbles over the batter in 5 to 6 horus. When the weather is cold you can keep it inside the oven for fermentation. When u see bubble over it. The batter is ready to do dosai and doesn’t smells raw.

DOSA:
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Heat pan or thava . The test you can perform is sprinkle some water on the pan. If the water evaporates immediately, pan is hot enough.
Take a round utensil, say a ladle, and put a ladleful of batter in
the center of the pan. Immediately spread the batter in a circular motion starting from the center, to get a crêpe. Drizzle the corner with oil and ghee.
Remember, you have to be pretty fast in spreading the batter, otherwise
it will start cooking instantly. The idea is to get thin crepes.

Hey!! Better oil the thava and spread it with a paper towel ,then add batter to it. Else cut a piece of onion and potato tame it in the thava so that the batter will not stick to it ..


Masala :
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1 big onion
2 medium size potato
1 to 2 green chilies
A piece of ginger (optional)
½ spoon Channa dhal
¼ spoon mustard seed
A pinch of turmeric powder.
1 spoon of oil
3 curry leaves chopped

Boil the potato and peel out the skin and mash it well . Add one spoon of oil into the pan and when the oil get heated spatter the mustard seed,add the channa dhal wai till it becomes golden brown then add the chili and the onion and sauté till it becomes translucent. Add the mashed potato and add the turmeric power and the curry leaves sauté it for say 6 mins.off the pan .


SPREAD :chili spread
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4 to5 dried red chili
3 garlic cloves.

Method:
Soak the chili and garlic for 15 mins in water, grind it into a paste .



For masala Dosai :
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After spreading the batter , turn you gas knob to low heat. After u see the crisp in the corner ,take a spoon of chili paste and spread it over the dosai. Then add masala on the top .YOU NEED NOT TURN THE DOSA .
Warp it up. You can serve it with a slight butter on the top!

Yummy!!!!!