Spicy mixed dal dosa with potatoes

        Dosas are one of the most loved delicacies.Apart from them being tasty, they are filling , nutritious and can be eaten any time to kill those hunger pangs.I keep trying out various kinds and this time thought should try out something more exciting.So a bit of twist and we had a lovely crisp spicy fare for our dinner.Of course served with potatoes and chutney made with.....peanut butter !!Yummm!
Makes about 16-18 dosas
Ingredients
Chana dal                                  1/2 cup
Rice                                           1/2 cup
Moong dal                                 1/4 cup
Red masoor                               1/4 cup
For a paste
Grated coconut                          1/4 piece
Ginger                                       1"piece
Hing                                          1/4 tsp
Roasted chana dal                     1 tbsp
Red chillies                               3-4 nos
Dhaniya seeds                          1 tbsp
oil                                            1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Method
Wash and soak the rice and dals and keep for 4-5 hrs.
Heat oil and roast coconut,roasted dal,red chillies, hing,dhaniya seeds and ginger and cool.
Add this to the dal and rice mixture and grind all this to a fine paste.
Add salt, curry leaves and chopped coriander leaves.
Heat and grease tava/skillet and spread a ladle full of the mixture and spread into a big dosa.You can also spread chopped onions on this too.
Put a bit of oil and let it cook till golden.
Turn and cook on the other side.
Serve hot with potatoes and peanut chutney .Instead of peanuts, I added peanut butter.

Potato curry
Boiled potatoes                              1/2 kg
Sliced onions                                 2 nos
Curry leaves                                  10-12 nos
Urad dal                                        1 tsp
Hing                                              1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds                               1/2 tsp
Tumeric powder                           1/4 tsp
Oil                                                1 tbsp
salt to taste

Heat oil and add hing,mustard seeds and let them crackle.
add urad dal and let it color.Put in curry leaves,salt and haldi.
Now put in sliced onions and cook for 2-3 mins.
Add chopped potatoes and mix well.
Put 1/2 cup water and cover and cook for 5 mins.Serve with dosas.
                 

Mixed flour pancakes/dosas

       After a heavy lunch of rajma and rice wanted to make a more snacky dinner and ended up making this tasty variation of pancakes/dosas.I love to use various kinds of flours in my food specially the ones which have a texture are more grainy or are full corn.Gives extra taste, fiber which we so require for the body and high on nutrition too.So here goes.
Ingredients
Full corn wheat four                               1 cup
Ragi flour                                              1/2 cup
Semolina                                               1/2 cup
sour curd                                               1 cup
hing                                                       1/4 tsp
chilli powder                                          1/2 tsp
chopped coriander                                 1/2 cup
cumin seeds                                           1 tsp
salt to taste
Method
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and thin it with water.keep aside for 15 mins.
Add more water to adjust consistency and make it into pouring consistency.
Heat a griddle and grease it with oil/butter.Spread a thin pancake and put oil.Cook till golden on both sides.
Serve with chutney of your choice.

Dosa/cheela with left over idli batter

        After I am done with my fill of idlis and dosas,its almost couple of days and there are times I have just a bit left which has soured so much that we cannot make any more idli or dosa with it.So I often recycle it as I hate to throw away anything.This is a good way of using it and making some tasty and different kind of pancakes or dosas.Try them out!
Ingredients
Left over idli batter               1 cup
Suji/semolina                        1/4 cup
besan                                   1/4 cup
salt to taste
cumin seeds                         1/2 tsp
hing                                     1/4 tsp
chopped green chillies          1/2 tsp
chopped coriander               1 tbsp
curry leaves                         10 leaves
chopped onions                   1/2 no
chilli powder                       1/2 tsp
Method
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.Add water to adjust quantity and consistency.Keep for 15 minutes.Add water if required to get pouring consistency.Heat tava and grease.Pour batter full and spread into a nice thin dosa.Pour oil and cook on both sides.Serve with chutney of choice.