CRISPY DOSA WITH SPICY ALOO MASALA

Ingredients For Dosa Batter:-

Rice 2 cup

Black Gram Lentil (Urad Dal) 1 cup

Salt to taste

Water as needed

Method:- Soak rice and dal in water separately for 6 hours. Clean and wash them thoroughly and then grind into a smooth batter. Remove this into a container and set aside. Mix well and leave it for fermenting for about 8 hours. Once the batter is fermented mix it completely with a spoon, add salt and mix properly and then put it in the refrigerator. While you are ready to make dosa, mix the batter once again and you could add some more water if you need.

Ingredients For Aloo (Potato) Masala:-

4 big Boiled Potatoes 

2 big Onions (Finely sliced)

1 big chopped Tomato

4 chopped Green chillies                                                          

1/2 cup boiled white or green peas 

1 tsp Ginger-garlic paste

1 tsp Cumin and Mustard seeds

A pinch of hing (Asafoetida)

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

Few Curry Leaves  

2 Dry red chillies

2 tsp Oil

Salt to taste

Method:- Take a pan and heat oil. Add cumin and mustard seeds, dry red chillies, hing and curry leaves. When it splutter, add sliced onion and saute for a while. Add ginger-garlic paste, green chillies, turmeric powder, chopped tomatoes, salt and fry for 5 minutes. After few time, add mashed potatoes and peas to it and mix well. Stir-fry for a few minutes. The potatoes should be slightly moist and not very dry. Turn off heat and let it rest for 5 minutes.

Variatons :- Try adding 1/4 cup of shredded carrots to the mixture. 

Preparing Of Masala Dosa:-

Heat a non-stick pan or tava. Grease the pan with oil and pour one ladle full of batter over the pan. Spread it over the pan and sprinkle little oil over it. Cook it on one side. The dosa should turn light brown. Put some potato masala in the middle of the dosa and fold it from both sides. Remove dosa form tava and serve hot with chana dal chutney or sambar.. 

                                       Enjoy it :))                     

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