The South Indian Breakfast Dish :Dosa

Dosa is a south Indian dish , it is served in the south states of India that are Tamil Nadu, Karnataka , Telegana, Andra Pradesh and Kerala. Dosa is made up of rice and lentils batter. Dosa is served for breakfast. Dosa has said to be a healthy breakfast reason being because it contains no sugar or no other fat , it high in carbohydrates and it gluten-free ,also the process gives vitamin B & C.

Preparation
Ingredients

• Rice - 3.5 cups
• Urad dal - 1 cup
• Fenugreek seeds - 2 tblsp
• Oil - to fry dosa 
• Salt - to taste

Method

1. Wash and soak the rice and urad dal with fenugreek seeds separately .(note: overnight is great to soak but if in an hurry 1 hour is enough)
2. After soaking, drain and grind it to a smooth paste with salt and water enough to make a batter that thin.(note: if it become thick you can add water later )
3. heat up the oven for 20 min , than turn it off and put the batter mix in it and wait till it raise.
4. heat a non stick pan or a traditional dose pan.
5. The pan should become hot enough so that when you sprinkle few drops of water on the pan, it should sizzle right away.
6. Just add 3-4 drops of oil and spread it all over the pan using an onion slice .
7. Pour a ladle full of batter. Spread it using the back of the spoon using circular motion to about 9 inch round dosa.
8. Add few drops of oil around the edges of the dosa.
9. Once it turns slightly brown and the edges start lifting, flip and brown the other side too

Serve
serve dose with hot samber , chutney and any non veg curry or veg curry

by Nayana.Kalaimalai


Reference from
http://simpleindianrecipes.com/dosa.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosa