Masala Dosa – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

For Making Dosa:

• Wash rice really good with water 3-4 times.
• Add enough water in the rice and keep it aside.
• Add chana dal, fenugreek seeds in urad dal.
• Wash urad dal really good 3-4 times with water.
• Add enough water.
• Soak rice and dal separately in enough water for about 4-5 hours.
• Transfer the soaked dal into a blender jar and blend it finely.
• Add minimum water while blending.
• Transfer the blended dal into a pot.
• Wash pohe really good and transfer them into a blender jar. No need to soak poha.
• Add rice in the same blender jar and blend them fine.
• Transfer the blended rice into the pot having blended rice.
• Add salt and mix well.
• Cover and ferment the batter for about 10-12 hours.
• Take the fermented batter and add powdered sugar.
• Powdered sugar gives the nice reddish color to dosa.
• Mix everything well together.
• Heat up the pan on medium heat.
• Sprinkle water to reduce the temperature of the pan so that the batter won’t stick at one place after adding on the pan.
• Spread a little oil on the pan.
• Add the batter at the center of the pan and spread it evenly.
• With the help of a ladle remove the excess batter and make dosa nice & smooth.
• Spread a little oil along the edges & on the dosa.
• When dosa gets nice browning spread the masala at the center and roll the dosa.
• Masala dosa is already.
• Serve the masala dosa with sambar & chutney.

For Making Masala:

• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and let them pop up.
• Add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
• Add dried red chili, chana dal and mix well quickly.
• When chana dal begins to turn the color add urad dal and mix well.
• Add ginger, hing, curry leaves and mix well. You can use grated ginger too.
• After frying everything well add onion and mix well. You can use sliced onion too.
• Fry until onion turns nice and soft for about 5-6 minutes.
• Add green chilies and continue cooking.
• You can use green chili paste in place of chopped green chilies.
• When the onion begins to turn light golden add turmeric powder and mix well.
• Add a little water and mix well.
• Boil, peel & mash the potatoes.
• Add mashed potatoes, salt to taste, and mix well.
• You can add a little more water if you want.
• Cover and steam on medium for about 5 minutes.
• Remove the lid and turn off the gas.
• Add coriander leaves, mix well and masala for masala dosa is already.