Tomato Dosa

I am going to share Tomato dosa Recipe with You. I am happy to tell you that this is my 50^th blog.I takes an opportunity to thank you for making my blog” Minutes Special” a success. With your support I will able to post many more recipes like this .Tomato dosa recipe is one of the easy and tasty recipe. To have same type of idly, dosa always try this different recipe. Kids will definitely like this because of its color and tangy taste.

Ingredients:

• Idly rice- 1cup
• Raw rice or sona mosoori-1/2 cup (optional)
• Tomato-4 medium
• Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp
• Pearl onion-8
• Curry leaves- 2 strings
• Red chillies-3 to 4 (depending on spice)
• Cilantro- garnish
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Soak the both rice together for 4 to 6 hours.
2. Take cumin seeds, redchillies in a small bowl and soak then also in water.
3. Grind the rice in the grinder, when the batter is ready.
4. Add Tomato, Cumin seeds, Pearl onion, Curry leaves and Red chilies to the grinder and grind to coarse and to fine.
5. Now transfer it to the bowl and check for salt.
6. Finally add chopped cilantro and mix well.
7. Heat a pan and pour the batter onto centre and spread evenly and sprinkle some oil on it.
8. When it is crispy fold it on or cook on other side and remove from the pan.
9. Serve hot dosa with onion or coconut chutney.

Notes: 

• Cut the tomato and onion so that it is easy to grind.
• No need to ferment.
•  It tastes better when it is fresh.It takes little longer to cook.

Wheat Dosa

 Wheat Dosa is one of the traditional recipe varity .In my childhood days my grandmother used to prepare this dosa often, but now-a-days it as become occasional food. Try this recipe at home. Kids will love it.

Ingredients: 

Sweet Wheat dosa:

• Whole Wheat - 1 Cup
• Grated Coconut - 1/3 Cup
• Jaggery Grated or cane sugar -3 Tbsp (as needed)
• Ghee or oil

Spicy Wheat dosa:

• Whole Wheat - 1 Cup
• Green Chilly or red chilli – 3
• Cumin – 1tbsp
• Onion – 1 medium (chopped)
• Cilantro for garnishing
• Salt (as needed)
• Ghee or oil - for dosa

Method for sweet dosa:

Soak wheat for around 5 hours or over night. Add the wheat and grind till it is coarse. For small Grinders, grind twice. Transfer the coarsely grinded batter to a bowl and add grated coconut. This dosa batter does not need fermenting .Heat the tawa and pour the dosa batter. Spread the batter thinly, because it take time to cook. Now pour ghee or oil on top it. Serve hot.

Method for spicy dosa:

Soak wheat for around 5 hours or over night. Add the wheat and grind till it is coarse. For small Grinders, grind twice. Transfer the coarsely grinded batter to a bowl. Add salt, Cumin powder, green chillies, ginger and onion finely chopped. This dosa batter does not need fermenting. Heat the tawa and pour the dosa batter. Spread the batter thinly, because it take time to cook. Serve hot with sambar and/or chutney.

Variations: Soak the wheat and grind it with salt, Cumin, green or red chilies, ginger and onion of the ingredients mentioned above. Add water to get the consistency of dosa and prepare yummy dosa.

Rava Dosa

Rava dosa is one of my favorite recipes. When ever we go to restaurant I like to eat rava dosa.But after trying this recipe at home, believe me I stopped ordering rava dosa. Try this recipe and bring the restaurant to home. This is my 25th recipe. Thanks for your   support which makes to post more recipe.

Ingredients:

• Rava - 1cup
• Riceflour -1cup
• Maida - 1/4cup
• Cumin seeds -1tsp
• Finely chopped ginger - 1tsp
• Chopped green chillies - 3
• Chopped onion – 1/2 cup
• Chopped Cashewnuts - 2tbsp(optional)
• Asafoetida – 2pinches
• Water - 3cups(as required)
• Clintro for garnish
• Salt to taste
• Ghee or oil 

Method:

1.     Take a bowl add all above mentioned ingridents. Make the batter as butter milk consistency, by adding required water.

2.     Heat a nonstick tava( should be very hot 350^o).

3.     Sprinkle the batter very think on the tava and spray ghee or oil on top of it.

4.     Now garnish with clintro.

5.     Cook the dosa till it get a nice golden brown color.

6.     Serve with chutney, sambar.

Onion rava:

On the tava spread some onion evenly and then sprinkle the batter on it.

Note: This dosa takes little longer to cook.