Crispy Dosa | Perfect for Beginner's like me | Kravings

Making a beautiful round and crispy dosa made with a lentil and rice paste is immensely satisfying. Although it’s fairly easy to make it can be finicky till you get the hang of it, go get started and make your Dosa and all the trimmings today!

Here are the ingredients and steps to make this recipe!

Dosa

3 cups Sona Masoori or Idli Rice
1 cup whole Urad Dhal
1/4 cup Chana Dhal
1 tsp Fenugreek seeds
1/2 cup flattened Rice or Poha
Water as needed
Salt to taste

Soak the Rice for 5 hours
Soak the Urad, Chana Dhal & Fenugreek seeds for 3 - 5 hours
Rinse & drain both the rice and the dhals separately
Also soak the flattened Rice or Poha
Grind the Urad, Chana Dhal & Fenugreek seeds in additions
Add water as needed
Because I don’t have a wet grinder, I am adding these in so that it grinds smooth without overheating my machine.
Also stop and start your machine, giving the motor a chance to cool in between
If you were to use a wet grinder, you could add all the lentils in at one time
Transfer this to a pot for fermenting
Once all the lentils are ground, add the rice in additions
Also add a little water in between
Pour this over the lentil batter
In the last batch, add in the soaked Poha & Salt to taste
Mix everything well together
This needs to ferment for 6 - 12 hours depending on how warm it is where you are
Cover this with a lid and stick it in a warm place like an oven with the light on.
You can also use an Instant pot, with a lid on on Yogurt mode for 8 hours (not longer)
You will know your batter s ready when it had increased in size, it had bubbles when you stir it and it has a sour smell
You will need to add a little water to thin it down a little bit
Before you start to make the dosa, you will need a flat non stick Tava or frying pan with a good non stick coating
Grease the tava but wipe off the excess oil
Sprinkle some Water on the hot tava and using a katori or a small bowl, or a ladle,pour the batter in the centre of the pan and then using the bowl, spread the batter thinly and evenly, starting from the center and moving outwards in a circular motion. 
You don’t nee to flip the dosas over, just sprinkle some oil, or you can also add butter, and some idli podi which is a special combination of chillies and other spices
You can add chilli powder or leave it out
Serve this with a Potato bhaji, Peanut & Tomato chutney

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