PLAIN DOSAI:
Though idli is the healthiest food in the world, kids always like Dosai. Not only kids most of us like dosai on and off. Dosai are my sis and tambhi’s favorite one. My mom never be lazy of making variety of tiffin especially for us. She used to make cone dosai, plain roast, ghee dosai, onion dosai, podi dosai, masala dosai. My favorite is onion dosai. What to say she is just amazing. Here the recipe for plain dosai.
How to make Idli/ dosa Batter?
Ingredient:
- Par boiled rice – 4 cups
- Urad dhal -1cup
- Fenugreek seeds-1 Tblsp
- Salt-as req
Procedure:
Soaking
- soak the washed rice in a separate bowl and dhal with fenugreek seeds in a separate bowl,this will take minimum of 5-6 hrs
Grinding
- First Grind the urad dhal along with fenugreek seeds until the batter gets light and fluffy
- Second grind the rice into two batches inorder to attain the right consistency
- Once the grinding process is done we have add the salt as req (rock salt is preferable)
- Mix well with your hand (more important). For dosai the batter need not to be too thick.
Fermenting
- Another important process in this idli batter is FERMENTATION. Minimum of 7-8 hrs req for fermenting, the time duration might vary due to climatic conditions.
Ingredient:
Idli/ dosai batter – 1 cup
Gingelly oil/ Ghee – for greasing
Procedure:
Step 1:
Take a cup of idli/ dosai batter add some water to get the dosai batter consistency
Consistency.
Step 2:
Pour a ladle full of dosai batter over the pre-heated tawa and spread it evenly in clock wise to form a circular shape and add a tsp of ghee/ gingelly oil over and sides of the dosai. Close it with a lid for 2-3 mins and you will get a thin- crispy plain dosai.
