Dosa the eternal delight, pride of South, comes in many avatars. One of the variants the green gram dosa is a mouth watering dish is easy to prepare and is a healthy breakfast option.
Preparation time
- Soaking green gram and rice - 5 minutes (previous night)
- Grinding - 10 minutes
- Cooking time- 30 minutes (for 12 dosas)
- Green Gram - 1 cup
- Dosa rice - 2 cups
- Beaten Rice (poha) - 1/4 cup
- Fenugreek (methi seeds) - 2 spoons (optional)
- salt to taste
- Oil for drizzling on the dosas
I use fenugreek where ever possible because of health benefits
I prefer filtered peanut (ground nut) oil
Preparation
- Wash green gram, rice , poha and fenugreek (methi) and soak overnight in 6 cups of water.
- Next morning grind all soaked ingredients to a smooth paste in a mixer /wet grinder.
- Add salt to taste and the batter is ready.
- Heat a griddle/tava on medium heat*
- Smear the hot tava with oil/ghee
- Take a ladleful of batter and spread it evenly in circular motion on the griddle (tava)
- Drizzle oil/ghee and roast to light golden hue.
- Flip the dosa and allow the batter to cook (see tips)
- Flip the dosa to the original position leave it on for a few seconds and remove
- Your green gram dosa is ready to be savored. Serve the dosa hot with butter/ghee and chutney of your choice.
- Check if the tava is hot enough by sprinkling water (water disappears!!! if tava is sufficiently hot. If water stays on to boil you need to wait for tava to heat up little more)
- Flip is for a few seconds- other wise dosa will become hard and lose porosity
- Always maintain uniform medium heat - too much heat will burn dosas, too low heat will turn them rubbery.
- You can use split green gram lentil /moong dal
- Flavor up Dosa by adding curry leaves/ginger/hing/pudina while grinding the batter.
- Green gram, with 14 grams of protein per 1-cup serving, fits the bill as an alternative nutrient-rich source of protein to usual chicken or steak
- Rich source of Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium
- Helps control blood pressure
- Weight management - A 1-cup serving has 15 grams of fiber. Fiber in food fills you up and makes you feel satisfied.
Great!! When do we get to eat all these at your house on the Uyyaale?
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