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Masala Dosa

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Ingredients: For Dosa/idli Batter Idli rice -1cup Whole Urad dal - 1/2cup Fenugreek seeds -1/2tsp Cooked rice - 2tbsp Salt For Masala Potato - 2,big Frozen green peas -1/2cup(optional) Onion - 2,medium Ginger,chopped- 1tsp Green chilli - 2 Mustard seeds - 1/2tsp Urad dal -1tsp Chana dal - 1tsp Turmeric powder Oil Method: How to make idli/dosa batter? Wash , Soak rice and urad dal separately.Add fenugreek with dal. Soak it for 6 hrs. First grind rice along with cooked rice.Keep aside.Grind the dal and fenugreek seeds.Make a smooth paste out of it.mix this with ground rice.The batter should not be watery.Ferment for min 8hrs. Add salt and mix well. How to make potato masala ? Boil the potatoes and green peas separately.Mash the potato. Heat oil in a pan and Splutter mustard seeds.After that add urad dal and chana dal.Mix well till they become golden color.Add ginger,green chillies and sliced onion.Saute well till the onion become translucent.Add turmeric powder and salt.Mix well.Add mash...

Neer Dosa

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Ingredients: Raw rice - 2cups Grated coconut - 1cup(optional) Salt Oil Method: Wash and soak the rice for 2-3 hrs.Grind along with coconut & required water.Once it is ground add more water and make a thin and watery batter(consistency is like milk).Adjust the salt.Let it rest for 1/2 an hr. Heat a non stick tawa .When it is hot pour a ladle of batter and immediately rotate the pan to spread the batter.(Tawa should be very hot.Otherwise you won't get  holes in dosa)Cover with a lid and cook it till the top becomes dry.Open it and sprinkle some oil on top of it.Fold it and serve hot with chutney or chicken curry.

Rava Dosa

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Ingredients: Rava - 1/2cup Riceflour -1/2cup Maida - 1/4cup Cumin seeds -1tsp Finely chopped ginger - 1tsp Chopped green chillies - 3 Chopped onion - 3tbsp(optional) Chopped Cashewnuts - 2tbsp(optional) Asafoetida - 1/4tsp Water - 3 1/2cups Salt Ghee Method: Combine all the above ingredients except ghee.The batter should be watery.Let it sit for 15-30 minutes. Heat a nonstick tava.Tava should be very hot while you pouring the water. Pour a laddle full batter from the outward base of the tava in a circular motion and spread the batter to fill the whole tava.Sprinke ghee on top of it.Cook the dosa till it get a nice golden brown color. Serve with chutney .

Vegetable Oothappam

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  Ingredients: For Dosa Raw rice - 2cups Urad dal - 3/4 cup Cooked Rice - 3tbsp Fenugreek  - 1tsp Method: Soak the rice , urad dal  and fenugreek overnight(5-6 hrs).Grind them with cooked rice and little water.Dosa batter should be fairly thick.Cover it and keep it aside until the batter ferments. For vegetable oothappam Required vegetables (Grated carrot ,chopped tomato,onion and coriander leaves) Method: Heat dosa tava and drop a big spoon of water.Spread it around,make sure it is little thicker than dosa.Sprinkle generously with the chopped veggies and let it cook.This has to done as soon as the dosa batter is spread and when it is still liquid and not cooked.That helps the veggies to stick to the batter.Flip to cook the other side.Serve with chutney or sambar.