KARNATAKA STYLE DOSA RECIPE / MYSORE MASALA DOSA RECIPE
Karnataka dosa recipe
A dose/dosai is a rice pancake, originating from South India, made from a fermented batter predominantly consisting of lentils and rice. Dosa is the Anglicized name of a variety of South Indian names for the dish, for example dosai in Tamil, dose in Kannada dosa in Malayalam.
A healthy breakfast option, like dosa, contains the ideal amount of fat (and can be made in ghee as well) which makes it a healthy choice. The good carbohydrates in the dosa batter release slowly and give you the energy needed through the day.
Karnataka dosa recipe
INGREDIENTS
Idli rice / par boiled rice – 1 cup
Raw rice – 1 cup
Urad dal – ½ cup
Chana dal – 2 tbsp
Toor dal – 2 tbsp
Methi dana – 1 or 2 tsp
poha – ¼ cup
Salt
NOTE – We can take 1 1/2 cup raw rice and 1/2 cup idli rice . For more dark red colour use red rice .
Take the parboiled rice + raw rice + dals + poha + methi in a vessel. Wash it thorougly and add water.
* For smaller quantity of batter we can soak the rice, dal together. If you intend to do more quantity its always advisable to soak separately
Soak for 6 hours After 6 hours, drain water and add it to mixer jar and grind into smooth batter .
Transfer the batter to a big container .
Add salt and beat the batter well with clean hands for 2 to 3 mins.
Stir the batter well. Cover and set aside for fermentation. Normally in 8 to 10 hours batter would be fermented. If its cold climate, we can keep for more time .
After fermentation, the batter is ready. Stir well. If the batter is very thick, add 1/4 OR 1/2 cup of water accordingly and mix well.
Heat a tawa. Test the hotness by sprinkling some water. If the water starts to sizzle then the tawa is ready.
Wipe the tava and pour a ladle of batter on the tawa and using back of the ladle spread it to a thin dosa.
Let it cook till crisp and c olour changes to golden at the bottom .
Drizzle ghee or oil over .
Fold and remove the dosa .*No need to cook on other side .
Karnataka dosa recipe
FOR VARIATION – We can add poatato sabji and stuff the dosas /we can also make uttappas [ thick dosas ] and top it with veges /cheese or any toppings .
