Monday, November 8, 2010

Dosa





White gram dal/Urud Dal 2cups
Rice 4cups
Fenugreek 1tsp
Salt to taste

Method:

Grind the dal and rice separately with some water until it become a fine paste.Add salt to it and mix well. Keep it overnight for fermentation. (The batter should be little diluting than the idli flour so that dosa is made thinner.)In a flat frying pan the batter is poured and spread into a thin round like a pancake but much more thinner.Pour little ghee on both sides of the dosasWhen it turns golden brown, turn over to other side. In a few seconds it is ready to serve.Masala Dosa can be made by placing the potato masala inside the Dosa and folding it in half.

idly


Ingredients :
  • Idly rice 2cups
  • Urud dal 1cup
  • Fenugreek seeds(Methi) 1/2 cup
  • Salt to taste


Method :
Soak Idly rice and Methi together in water for about 5-6 hours.
Soak urud dal in water for 3 1/2 hours.Drain the water from urud dal and grind it in mixie with little water.Fine grind it until the mixture is frothy. Keep asideNow drain water from soaked rice and methi.Grind these along with cooked rice and little water in mixie.Now mix the ground items and add salt.Allow it to ferment for 16 - 18 hours. Then make idlys in the idly steamer. Steam the idlys on high for 10 minutes