Friday, March 14, 2008

Paper Dosa






Ingredients for dosa batter

5 cups raw rice
1 cup urad dal
1 cup poha (atukulu)
1 tsp methi seeds (fenugreek seeds)

After fermenting

salt
1/2 tsp baking soda

Method

Wash rice , urad dal and poha add methi seeds mix everything and SOAK overnight with enough water (atleast 8 hours)

Next morning drain water from above soaked mixture and grind in to a course batter by adding just enough water ( it must be like a pancake batter consistancy)

Now keep the batter for fermenting atleast 7 hours or overnight

( If weather is cold keep the batter in oven and turn on oven light or preheat oven for 5 min ,turn off and keep batter )


Befor making dosa add salt and 1/2 tsp baking soda ,mix well

Batter is ready for dosa

Potato filling



Ingredients for Potato filling


2 potatoes ( boiled)

1 big onion (sliced)

4 green chillis (slit)

1 tbs ginger (chopped)

1 tsp cumin and musturd seeds

1/4 cup cilantro

salt

3 tbs oil

1/2 tsp turmuric

1 tbs chana dal


Method


Heat oil in a pan add cumin seeds,musturd seeds,chanadal fry for 1 min then add ginger ,onions,greenchillis ,turmuric and salt sautee until onions become soft then add boiled potato cubes ,cilantro and 1/4 cup water mix eveything and cook for 3 min ( If u want u can add frozen peas)


Done





Ingredients for Onion spread


1 cup onions( chopped)

1 tsp chilli powder

1 tsp tamaring paste

salt


Grind everything to a chunkey paste and keep aside




pappula podi ( roasted chanadal powder )


1/2 cup pappulu ( roasted chanadal or chutney dal)

1 tsp cumin seeds ( toasted)

1 small piece tamarind

5 dry red chillis( toasted)

salt


grind everything to a fine powder







For making dosa


Heat dosa griddle to medium heat and spread batter with laddle like as shown in below picture then add 1 tsp oil and spread onion paste and sprinkle dal powder

and add 1 scoop of potato filling in the middle and fold ``





For cone dosa cut one half of dosa in middle as shown in below picture and turn it round










40 comments:

  1. great pictures...looks lovely..are you sending this to my dosa event?

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  2. Looks lovely...never tried dosa with this proportion...bookmarked

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  3. Crisp dosas. Looks so Pro. Who can resist these paper roast... Still drooling over the dosas... Don't forger to send it over to the Dosa mela of Srivalli.

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  4. Looks crisp and perfect....I like the pics that show how to make a cone.

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  5. nice pics. The dosa batter looks nice and lovely. Dosa is a part of my daily breakfast menu and so can really say by the looks of it that it is really yumm..

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  6. beautiful step by step instruction...

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  7. they are just perfect..wonderful pictures..

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  8. Excellent!! Send it to Sri's Dosa Mela. Perfect looking dosa.

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  9. 5:1 ratio of rice and urad dal-must be awesome. I use 4:1 normally. Will try this. Nice pix. The dosa looks delish!

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  10. What a delicious-looking dosa and such lovely pictures. Great job, Sagari!

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  11. Sagari, that looks so professional!! I'm definitely trying this out soon! :)

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  12. lovely. the trouble is that it won't ferment in my house no matter what i do.

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  13. Hi hi just saw srivalli's comment and while i was seeing your post i was just thinking the same.
    Looks so delicious, And socrispy, u r pro in making dosas

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  14. lovely dosa :). I feel like coming over right now for a bite, can I?

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  15. Looks too good..The way u make the cone is too professional..The pictures look tempting..Would like to have one right now.

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  16. Looks too good..The way u make the cone is too professional..The pictures look tempting..Would like to have one right now.

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  17. Looks perfect ur crispy paper dosa :) great job.

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  18. wow, Sagari! You are a pro. in making paper dosas. Whenever I go the restaurant in India, I order this. Thanks for showing a nice step by step instructions for making this dosa.

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  19. that is one mean dosa! i've never used a 5:1 ratio before, will try it the next time i make dosas.

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  20. Wow Sagari that triangle shaped dosa looks ummmmm!!thanx for the recipe ..i never thought that the ratio of rice and dal wud be 5:1

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  21. great pics !! loved all the other recipes, pepper chicken, shrimp biriyani and noodles, yumm:)

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  22. That's a perfect Dosa Sagari! I don't know when I'd be able to make one like that!!:(

    btw, you could send this in to my WBB-Balanced Breakfasts event:)

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  23. lovely! u've made it so well sagari!

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  24. Wow u make me feel hungry now ! Looks perfect!

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  25. Perrrrfect Dosa..just like the restaurent one

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  26. Looks so yummy Sagari, perfect! Love the topi dosa (hat shaped) :D

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  27. Love the cone and beautiful pics.

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  28. Loved the cone dosa. I rememebr we used to have it in Bangalore restaurants.

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  29. Simply superb! Paper Dosa looks so CRISP!!! I love that cone! used to eat only that when I was little! MY parents would specially ask the waiter to make mine ina 'hat' shape!!

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  30. One of the perfect paper roast I have ever seen in blogosphere!!!!!
    Soooo nice!!
    The prawn biriyani and the dosas torture me! :(

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  31. Wow...your dosa looks crisp and delicious!!! Thanks for the recipe.

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  32. Dosa looks great and crisp Sagari..

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  33. Dosa is looking so yummy sagari..cant wait to have a bite.Very nice pics too.Yummy!!!

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  34. Such beautiful pictures and what wonderful, perfect dosas Sagari - simply superb!

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  35. this is amazing.. love ur recipes..

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  36. sagari, perfect paper roast..yummy.. lovely cone.

    visit my blog too dear..
    http://welcomehunger.blogspot.com

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