Masala dosa ingredients:1. Par boiled rice -3 cups
2. Urad dal - 1 cup
3. Fenugreek or methi seeds - 1 tsp
4. Soda bi carbonate - a pinch
5. Salt - 1½ tsp
6. Oil - for sprinkle
Filling masala ingredients:
1. Potato - 2 (boiled and mashed)2. Onion -1
3. Green chillies - 2
4. Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
5. Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
6. Urad dal - ½ tsp
7. Channa dal - ½ tsp
8. Curry leaves - few
9. Salt - to taste
10.Oil - 2 tbsp
11.Water - ½ cup
Filling masala preparation:
- Heat the oil in a heavy bottom pan and add mustard seeds, urad dal and channa dal. Sauté for a min.
- Then add onions, curry leaves and green chillies. Sauté till the onions are transparent.
- Now add turmeric powder, potatoes, salt and water. Cook for 3 to 5 mins.
- Now your filling for masala dosa is ready.
Dosa preparation:
- Soak the rice and dal separately for 8 hours. Fenugreek to be added with dal.
- Grind dal and par boiled rice smoothly(separetely).
- Add salt and mix the batters thoroughly (preferably in hand) and keep the mixed batter for 10 hours for fermentation.
- Mix the fluffed batter gently with little amount of water and a pinch of baking soda to make batter flow gently.
- Now heat the pan (tawa) and spread a ladle full of batter into circular motion to make thin dosa.
- Sprinkle a tsp. of ghee or oil over it. Place a tbsp. masala in the centre.
- Fold into half to cover masala.Remove with spatula when crisp.
- Serve hot with chutney and sambar.
