Heerekayi Dose / Ridge Gourd Dose

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

·         Soak rice,green gram,bengal gram and methi seeds for 2-5 hours or overnight.

·         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.

·         Wash and peel the ridge gourd roughly to remove the sharp ridges. You need not peel the skin completely.

·         Then cut the ridge gourd into thin round slices.

·         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.

·         When the bottom gets cooked ie turns brown, flip it and cook other side.Drizzle some more oil.When done remove from tawa.

·         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:

·         Cut the vegetables into thin round slices.Else they wont cook properly.

·         Instead of ridge gourd you can use onion,potato,sweet potato,yam,raw banana ,bread fruit,brinjal .

·         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.

·         The remaining batter can be kept in the fridge and used next day. 

·         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.

·         This dosa tastes best when made spicy. So use liberally salt,chillies,tamarind and jaggery.

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