Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Crispy and quick dosas



Dosas have been my favourite from childhood.But the tedious process involved in making the batter dettered me from making dosas at home.
My aunt ,Lakshmi , who has been in the US for abt 25 yrs now taught me a simple way and I am going to be indebted to her for sharing with me this delicious and fast process in making my favourite dish.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Urad dal (For more number of dosas you can have more urad dal, but maintain the proportion of urad dal and rice flour to 1:3
  • 3 cups Rice flour
  • 2 tbsps methi seeds
  • A fistful of Rice flakes/poha

The batter

  • Soak the urad dal along with the methi seeds in water overnight.
  • The urad dal swells well overnight. The next morning ,grind the dal and methi seeds.While grinding the dal, add a fistful of poha/rice flakes.The poha makes the dosa nice and crisp.
  • Once the dal has been ground, add slowly 3 cups of rice flour, stirring it to avoid lumps.Add as much water as you feel to get the desired consistency.
  • Leave the batter of rice flour and urad dal to ferment for about 10 hours.
  • At times the batter ferments and overflows from the vessel so make sure to keep a plate beneath the container.
  • Once the batter has fermented for about 10-12 hours, add salt and water if needed and make delicious crispy dosas on a hot pan or tava.
  • Server with sambar and coconut chutney.

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