Masala Dosa




Today is Valentine's Day! Is it whatever diffierent from whatever other day? Not for us.I believe that nosotros should appreciate our loved ones everyday of the yr as well as non simply on Valentine's day.Is getting a exceptional gift on Valentine's 24-hour interval love?Love for me is offering to create the dishes as well as construct clean upwards at nighttime when I am tired. Love for me is watching my boy when he wakes upwards at nighttime crying. That for me is LOVE.

When I start met my husband, i of the start questions he asked was if I knew how to brand masala dosa & butter chicken.He was pleasantly surprised when I made both for him during i of his visits. The residual every bit they nation is HISTORY! He got to a greater extent than than what he bargained for!

Here is the recipe for My Masala Dosa.


Servings:4


Ingredients:


For the dosa batter:

Rice: 1 1/2cups
Urad dal : 1/2 cup
Chana dal : 1 tbsp
Methi ( fenugreek)seeds :1 tsp
Salt to taste

For the stuffing ( bhaji):
Potatoes : three medium 
Onion: 1 big, chopped small.
Green peas:2 tbsp (optional)
Green chillies: 2 slit lengthwise
Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Urad dal: 1/2 tsp
Chana dal: 1/2 tsp
Jeera(cumin): 1/4 tsp
Haldi( turmeric powder):1/2 tsp
Curry leaves: 1 sprig
Oil: 1 tbsp
Cilantro ( coriander leaves) 5-6 sprigs
Salt to taste

For the crimson chutney:

Grated fresh coconut: 1 cup
Green chilli: 1
Red chilli ( dry): 2
Ginger: 1/4 inch
Tamarind: marble sized
Chana dal: 1 tsp
Garlic: 2 large cloves
Oil: 2 drops for sautéing
Salt to taste

For the light-green chutney:

Cilantro: 1 bunch
Mint leaves : 1bunch
Garlic: three pocket-sized cloves
Ginger: 1 inch
Green chilies: 2 medium
Lemon juice: from 1 lemon
Salt to taste.

Method:


The dosa batter:
Soak the rice, urad dal, Chana dal as well as methi inward H2O for 5-6 hours ( or overnight). Then grind it to a fine paste. Let it ferment for for 8 hours( or overnight). Add tabular array salt simply earlier taking the dosa. 



The stuffing( bhaji):
Boil potatoes till tender. When cooled, tegument as well as die it into 1cm cubes as well as proceed aside.

Heat a kadai/ sauté pan on medium heat. Add oil,temper mustard seeds. The add together curry leaves, jeera,chana dal, urad dal i after the other as well as sauté till urad dal turns a lilliputian golden brown. Now add together the slit light-green chillies as well as the chopped onions. Sauté until onions plough transparent. Now add together haldi as well as sauté for 1 to a greater extent than min.Add fresh light-green peas as well as saute until tender. Add the diced potatoes as well as sauté for 2-3 mins. Garnish alongside finely chopped cilantro leaves.

Red chutney:
Sauté garlic inward i drib of oil. Then separately sauté chana dal inward i drib of fossil oil until golden brown. When cooled, grind it together alongside grated coconut, light-green chilli, crimson chili, ginger,tamarind, tabular array salt as well as H2O into a thick paste.




Green chutney:
Grind together all ingredients nether light-green chutney into a fine paste.

The Masala Dosa:

Heat the skillet/tawa/griddle on medium-high flame. When the skillet is hot, sprinkle mutual frigidness water. Take a ladle of dosa batter as well as instruct inward concentric circles from the optic to the periphery of the skillet.



When the dosa is slightly done lightly smear fossil oil along the edges as well as the optic of the dosa. Wait for it to plough crispy. Once this happens, smear the crimson chutney at the optic of the dosa as well as house a tbsp of the spud bhaji.



Now bend the dosa into a ringlet every bit shown inward the picture.




Serve hot alongside light-green chutney as well as if needed/ available sambar.

Cooking made easy:


Whenever I educate dosa batters, I grind plenty for ii times. I shop it inward an airtight container inward the fridge. The batter remains fresh inward the refrigerator for upto 1 week. When ready to move simply throw the H2O that separates at the top. Now dilute the batter to the required consistency using fresh water. This technique ensures that the batter is non sour.

Tip for salubrious living:


Try non to skip breakfast. Eating breakfast has several wellness benefits. It kick-starts as well as boosts the metabolism. In fact, it is said that breakfast should live on the heaviest repast of the day. It prevents yous from getting hungry as well as binge eating after on inward the day.

References:

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/most-important-meal
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/many-benefits-breakfast
http://www.foodinsight.org/Content/6/CONSUMER%20BREAKFAST%20TIP%20SHEET%20FINAL.pdf


Food for thought:


Eat breakfast similar a king, luncheon similar an ordinary human as well as dinner similar a pauper.( unknown).