SPONGE DOSA RECIPE

Being a south Indian I always love to have South Indian food in my breakfast. Dosa and idli is my favourite. I like to try more dosa recipes whenever I have time. So far I have shared plain dosa, masala dosa, Mysore masala dosa, neer dosa, onion dosa and egg dosa recipes in my blog. This one is another addition to my dosa recipes. Still there are many dosa recipes in my list to share here. Will try to share as soon as possible. Coming to today’s recipe, it’s an sponge dosa recipe. The name itself describes everything about this fish. Yes it’s so fluffy and spongy. Tastes so yum. We call pullattu in Telugu. No need of urad dal and oil for this recipe. But oil is optional. Also don’t spread batter with paddle on tawa just swirl tawa little to spread. You can have a nice spongy dosa. So, give it try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Makes 10 to 12 dosa

Ingredients :

Rice : 2 cups(400 grams)

Fenugreek seeds/methi : 1/2 tea spoons

Curd : 1 cup

Poha/pressed rice : 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Sodabicorb/baking soda : 1/8 tea spoon

Oil or ghee : 1/2 tea spoon for each dosa (optional)

Method :

Take rice and methi in a bowl, add water and soak it for 6 to 8 hours.

Now wash soaked rice 3 times and add poha and soak it for 10 minutes.

Now drain water and take into a blender, add some water and blend into a fine paste.

Now transfer this batter into a bowl and add curd, mix it well and let it ferment for 8 to 10 hours or overnight by covering the lid.

Now take fermented batter, add soda and baking soda, add little water and mix it well. 

Now heat tawa and pour a paddle of batter and just swirl tawa little and spread it. Don’t spread it too much. 

Now cook on medium flame by covering the lid for few minutes and you can see lots of pores on dosa , now take into a plate and serve hot.

MASALA VADA RECIPE

Masala vada is a very popular south Indian dish. It is mostly served in breakfast or as tea time snack. Masala vada is also a street food in Andhra and tamilnadu. They tastes so good. Crispy exterior and soft interior. I serve them with idly, lemon rice and dosa. We also make vada curry by using these vada. Will share that recipe some day.

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Makes 10 to 12 vadas.

Ingredients  :

Pachhi sanagapappu/chana dal/Bengal gram : 1 cup

Chopped medium onion : 1

Chopped green chillies : 2

Chopped curry leaves : 2  strings

Chopped coriander leaves : 2 table spoons

Ginger garlic paste : 1 tea spoon

Garam masala powder : 3/4 tea spoon

Salt to taste

Cooking soda : 1 pinch

Oil for deep frying

Method :

Soak dal for 3 to 4 hours and wash it well and drain the water.

Now take dal in to a blender,add ginger garlic paste,salt, cooking soda,garam masala powder.

Now blend it coarsely without adding water. (Just pulse it for few seconds)

Now take this mixture into a bowl and add remaining ingredients and mix it well.

Now take some portion of vada mixture, press it with your both hands gently and give a vada shape as shown in pic and drop them in hot oil.

Fry until they changes into golden color and take into a plate and serve.

Pictorial :

Soak dal for few hours and wash it thoroughly and drain the water

Now take dal in a blender,add ginger garlic paste,garam masala,salt and cooking soda

Blend it coarsely without adding water

Now take this vada mixture into a bowl,add onions and chillies

Add curry leaves and coriander leaves

Mix it well

Give it a vada shape

Drop them in hot oil

Fry on both sides until they changes into golden color

Take them into a plate

Serve hot

MYSORE MASALA DOSA RECIPE

Mysore in .  masala dosa is another yummiest and famous breakfast dish in south India. This mysore masala dosa is completely different from other dosas. Batter is also different from regular dosa batter. We need to extra dals/lentils to make perfect dosa batter. The other. Ingredients are red chutney and potato masala. If we prepare these 3 ingredients at home then you can taste yummy hotel style sorry mysore style masala dosa. I can say this is the yummiest mysore masala dosa in the world. If you want to try some different breakfast recipes then you definitely try this recipe.

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Ingredients :

For dosa batter :

Rice : 2 1/2 cups (regular or raw rice)

Urad dal/white lentils/minapappu : 3/4 cup

Bengal gram/chana dal/chanagapappu : 1/4 cup

Toor dal/kandi pappu/pigeon pea : 1/4 cup

Mentulu/fenugreek seeds/methi : 1/2 tea spoon

Cooked rice or pressed rice : 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Soda bicarbonate/cooking soda : 1/4 tea spoon

For red chutney:

Chana dal/bengal gram/chanaga pappu : 1/4 cup

Large onion : 1

Dried Red chillies : 6 to 8

garlic pods : 5 to 6

Salt to taste

potato masala (recipe here)

Oil/ghee : 2 to 3 tea spoons for each dosa

Method :

First take all dals/, rice and fenugreek seeds in a large bowl, soak them in water for 6 hours.wash and drain 3 times.

 now take soaked dals and rice into a blender and blend it. Add some water in between and blend into a smooth paste.

Repeat the same process. I have blended in 2 to 3 batches.

Now take this into a large bowl and cover with lid. Let it ferment for 8 hours or over night.

Now to prepare red chutney, Heat oil in a pan, add Bengal gram and dried red chillies saute until  gram turns into golden color. Then take this into a plate.let it cool completely.

Now take this into a blender and blend into a fine powder, now add onions and garlic, then blend into a fine paste by adding little water.that's it our spicy red chutney is ready.

Now prepare potato masala. (click here for recipe)

Now ,after batter is fermented add salt and cooking soda. Mix it well. Add some water if your batter is too thick.

Now heat tawa and make dosa, drizzle some oil, take 1 or 2 tea spoons of chutney and spread it all over the dosa. Now drizzle some oil. 

Now take some potato masala and spread it on tawa, cook for some time and fold it gently.

Take into a plate and serve hot.

Take all lentils and rice in a large bowl

Wash and Soak for 6 to 8 hours

Add cooked rice

Drain water and take into a blender

Blend into a smooth paste by adding some water (Blend it in 2 to 3 batches)

Take this into a large bowl and mix it well

Cover with lid and let it ferment for 8 hours or over night

Now our batter is fermented

Add some salt and cooking soda

Mix it well. Add ssome water if batter is too thick

Now take all spicy red chutney ingredients

Take dal and red chillies in pan

Fry until dal changes into golden color

Let it cool completely and take into a blender

Blend into a powder

Add Salt,onions and garlic

Add some water and blend into a fine paste

Now heat tawa and make dosa

Drizzle some oil

Add some chutney

Spread it evenly

Drizzle some more oil

Now take potato masala (click here for recipe)

Put some masala on dosa

Spread and cook from some time

Fold it gently

Serve hot!!!!