Masala Dosa

Masala dosa is famous and delicious south Indian cuisine.



Ingredients

For dosa batter :

• 1/2 cup split urad dal
• 1 1/2 cup regular rice 
• 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
• water

For potato masala filling :

• 4-5 medium boiled and peeled potatos
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tbsp chana dal
• 1 tbsp split urad dal
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp mango powder (aamachur powder)
• 1 tbsp coriander leaves

Steps :
For dosa batter :

1. Rinse the urad dal and rice separately very well.
2. Soak the urad dal and rice and fenugreek seeds in separate bowl. Soak all for 6-8 hours.
3. Now grind the fenugreek seeds and urad dal in a mixture. add the little water at a time. you can use the water in which urad dal soaked. It will help the batter ferment very well. Fenugreek seeds also help to make fluffy and fermented batter. Make a very smooth paste of urad dal and fenugreek seeds and pour it in big bowl.
4. Now grind the rice to a very fine batter. Add water as required.
5. Mix the rice batter with the urad dal batter and mix well with the spoon. It should be like a thick paste. If batter would be thin, it will not ferment very well and will take long time to ferment.
6. Close the bowl with the lid (do not use airtight lid) and keep it in warm place for 8-10 hours for ferment. In winter, it will take 18-20 hours to ferment the batter. Batter will be doubled in size after the fermentation process.

For potato filling (Masala) :

1. Cut the boiled potatoes in small pieces and keep it aside.
2. Take oil in pan on medium heat. once the oil is hot add mustard seeds and wail till crackle.
   
3. Add chana dal and cook it for 1 min or until it is light brown color.
   
4. Add urad dal and cook it till it become light brown color. stir it if needed.
   
5. Add termeric powder and potatoes and mix it well.
   
6. Now add chilli powder, salt and mango powder and mix it well. 
   
7. Add the coriander leaves and mix it well. keep the masala aside.
    
   

Dosa :

1. Take some batter into a bowl and add some water and salt to taste
   
2. Heat the flat nonstick pan on low to medium heat. Make sure pan is not too hot
3. Pour some batter on the pan. Spread batter in clockwise motion with spoon and try to make evenly thin spread. Add 2-5 drops of oil on top
    
   
4. Increase the heat to medium high for crispy dosa
5. Add the masala on top of dosa
   
6. After few seconds, dosa will start leaving the edge from the pan
7. Roll dosa from two sides
   
8. Serve in a plate with chutney and/or sambar 

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About Smita Patel

I'm Smita Patel. I'm currently full time mom for my two kids. By profession, I am an engineer and was working full time job but stopped working so I can give ample time to my kids.
My love for cooking started after I had kids as I would be always searching for new ways to make them eat perfect meals. Making them eat the same food made it boring for. So I started searching and experimenting with different recipes. And my family is loving it.
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