Diet Friendly Dosa(Mixed Dal Dosa)

Diet friendly Dosa(Mixed Dal Dosa) .....
By : Harilal Radhakrishnan
Ingredients (1 cup = 250 ml)

½ cup mixed lentils

½ cup water or add as required

1 fine semolina (rava)

1 green chili, chopped

½ inch ginger, chopped

1 pinch asafoetida

Coconut oil, ghee or butter as required
salt as required

How to make recipe

making batter for mixed dal dosa:

rinse the lentils for a couple of times in water.
then soak all the lentils overnight in enough water or for 7 to 8 hours.

discard this water, the next day.
wash the lentils in clean water. drain well.

then add the lentils along with chopped green chilies, ginger and asafoetida in a grinder jar.

add 1/2 cup of water while grinding the lentils. grind till smooth. there should not be a granular consistency in the batter.

then add semolina.
season the batter with salt.

cover and allow the batter to rest for 15 minutes.
making mixed dal dosa:

heat a tava or thick bottomed griddle.

take a ladle of the batter. pour the dosa batter on the tava and spread the batter in a round circular portion with the ladle.

cook dosa on a medium flame. spread 1/2 to 1 tsp of oil or butter or ghee on the edges and top of the dosa.

when the base is cooked and crisp (you can check this by lifting the dosa slightly with the spatula), turn over the dosa.

cook the other side till crisp and done.

serve mixed dal dosa with sambhar or peanuts chutney.