DOSAS
This is always a popular dish and is also very versatile. once the batter is ready, dish up for breakfast, as a part of main meal or a quick snack.
Ingredients:
1 cup uncooked rice.
1/2 cup blackgram dal(Urad dal)
1 1/2 teaspoons dried yeast
1 cup warm water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ghee or oil
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 small onion,finely chopped
1 fresh green chilli
Method
For the batter
1.Wash rice and dal.
2.Soak each separately in cold water overnight or at least 8 hours,
3.Drain and grind rice,using wet grinding blade adding just enough water to facilitate grinding.
4.The ground rice can be slightly coarse if preferred.
5. Remove black skins if you are using un-husked dal ,and drain.
6. Grind in blender,adding fresh watter to facilitate gringing.
7. When dal has been grounded to very smooth batter,add it to rice and mix well.
8.Sprinkle yeast over warm water and leave for 5 minutes to soften.
9 stirto dissolve,add sugar & salt,then stir into ground rice &dal.
10.leave for 1 hour in warm place and mixture will rise and double in bulk.
How to Cook
1.Heat ghee or oil in small saucepan and fry the mustard seeds until they pop.
2. Add chopped onion and chilli and contune frying, stirring occasionally,until onion is gloden brown.
3.Allow to cool, then stir into batter.
4. Batter should be of a thick, pouring consistency.
5.If too thick, add a little water or coconut milk.
6.Heat a [ancake pan or heavy frying pan grease base with very little ghee or oil.
7.Pour in just enough batter to cover base of pan.
8.Spread out with the back of spoon,till thecsize of small plate.
9.Cook until golden brown on underside, and then turn and cook other side.
10.Serve with chutney,sambar,poato sabzi.
Jayanti spl serve with coconut chutney mixed with dahi.
