To Soak
2 cups Raw Rice / dosa rice
1 tbsp Green gram / Moong
1 tbsp Bengal gram / Chana Dal (Optional )
Methi seeda just a few seeds ( opional )
For Masala to Grind :
2 Tbsp Coriander / Dhania seeds
1 Tbsp Cummin / Jeera Seeda
1 small cup grated coconut
1 tsp Turmeric / Haldi
Lemon size tamarind - soaked
2 Tbsp Jagery
4-8 dry red chillies (depending on your spice level)
Salt as per taste
Method
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Soak rice,green gram,bengal gram and methi seeds
for 2-5 hours or overnight.
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Later drain excess water and grind it in a mixer
with all the ingredients mentioned under masala. Make a smooth paste. Let the
consistency be like that of a thick buttermilk.
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Wash and peel the ridge gourd roughly to remove
the sharp ridges. You need not peel the skin completely.
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Then cut the ridge gourd into thin round slices.
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Grease a tawa and heat it. When it gets hot, dip
each ridge gourd pieces into the batter and place them on hot tawa adjacent to
each other to form a dosa / round shape.You could pour some batter to fill the
gaps in between the pieces.Drizzle few drops of oil and cook it on low flame
with a lid covered.
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When the bottom gets cooked ie turns brown, flip
it and cook other side.Drizzle some more oil.When done remove from tawa.
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Serve it hot with butter / coconut oil / ghee /
curd / Plain coconut chutney / as side dish with rice .I know
you will surely love it.Do try.
NOTE:
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Cut the vegetables into thin round slices.Else
they wont cook properly.
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Instead of ridge gourd you can use
onion,potato,sweet potato,yam,raw banana ,bread fruit,brinjal .
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While cooking keep the flame on low to medium
low only . Else dosa will get burnt before the veggies get cooked. Also it
needs little more oil than the normal dosa's.
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The remaining batter can be kept in the fridge
and used next day.
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If you want you can omit coconut and use a
fistful of beaten rice instead. But then be ready to compromise with taste a
bit.
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This dosa tastes best when made spicy. So use
liberally salt,chillies,tamarind and jaggery.
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