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🇮🇳 Masala Dosa

Masala Dosa is a stuffed pancake (Dosa). The Dosa is made by soaking rice and lentils overnight in water and then grinding it to a batter. The stuffing is made from boiled potatoes with a seasoning of mustard seeds and garnishing of coriander.

Ready in: 9 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 20 pancakes

Ingredients

Batter:

330 Grams Idli Rice
125 Grams Black Lentils
35 Grams thick Poha (Flattened Rice)
20 Fenugreek Seeds
Water for soaking and grinding
Salt to taste
Potato Masala:

300 Grams Potatoes, boiled and crumbled
2 tbsp. Butter or Ghee
½ tsp. Mustard Seeds
1 tbsp. Chickpeas, soaked in 60 ml hot water for 30 minutes
2 Medium Onions, thinly sliced
1 tsp. Finely chopped Ginger
8-10 Curry Leaves
1-2 Green Chilis, chopped
¼ Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
125 ml Water
3 tbsp. Chopped Coriander Leaves
¼ tsp. Sugar
Salt to taste

1. Rinse the black lentils and fenugreek seeds a couple of times, then soak them in 250 ml water for 4 to 5 hours.

2. Rinse the idli rice and the flattened rice, then soak it in 500 ml water for 4-5 hours..

3. Strain the water from the soaked lentils, then add the lentils in the grinder jar. Also add 125 ml of the soaked and strained water to the lentils.

4. Grind the lentils and fenugreek seeds until you get a batter which is light and fluffy. Remove the batter from the grinder.

5. Strain the rice well. Then in the same grinder, add the soaked rice and 250 ml of fresh water. Grind it in one or more batches, depending on the size of your grinder, until it is smooth.

6. Combine the rice batter with the lentil batter and add ½ salt, or more, to taste. Mix until everything is very well combined. Cover and keep aside to ferment for 8 to 9 hours.

7. Heat the butter or ghee in a pan on medium heat. Aad mustard seeds to the pan, then add the soaked chickpeas. Saute for 2 to 3 minutes on a low flame or till they turn light golden or golden.

8. Add the sliced onions, curry leaves, green chilis and ginger. Saute the onions until they soften and turn translucent.

9. Add the turmeric powder and mix well.

10. Add 125 ml of water. Mix and simmer for 2-3 minutes until the mixture thickens a bit.

11. Add the boiled chopped potatoes. Season with salt and sugar. Simmer on a low heat for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally.

12. Switch off the heat and add chopped coriander leaves. also add the fried cashews now and mix well. the potato masala should be moist and easily spreadable on the dosa. make sure there is no water in the potato masala. it should not be of a curry or gravy consistency.

13. Time to fry the lentil pancakes. Heat a cast iron pan or a flat non-stick pan to medium heat. Fry the lentil batter like thin pancakes in a little oil. Sprinkle some oil on top and on the edges, then cover the pancake with a lid and let it cook until the bottom is golden and crisp.

14. Spread som potato masala on the pancake, fold it up and serve.

🍱 Hope Everyone Enjoy trying this recipe.😍❤
LuckyEthel (Caroline)❤😍 🇬🇧

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Mar 31st 2023 at 11:38 AM by Carol Zhou Thank you for you remendation..

Mar 31st 2023 at 1:24 PM by Caroline Kish Hello Carol Zhou, you're very welcome.