Bengalis are food lovers and they try out food from all over the world!! Banglar Heshel also tries and tastes good from several locations!! Here I am sharing masala dosa recipe as I make!! I learned this from my South Indian friends!! I did not post here for some years as I don't get time to click pics with my DSLR when I serve food as mostly I have to run after busy schedule all day!! Although it sounds little nerd but here it is exactly how really it is!!
Thought myself forget about photography of quality for some time and let's just think of writing and culinary adventures as they are still continued!!
While I was having my morning chat with my dear hubby over Skype while having my breakfast, took a quick snap with my iPhone and I am done!!
Wrote this long post during my commute time to office. Will add this post to my blog too!!
Here you are with late breakfast from Banglar Heshel!!
Who loves South Indian breakfast like me? join me to have morning dose of happiness with Dosa, sambar and peanut chutney from my kitchen
Recipe:
Dosa batter: soaked 1 cup of urhat dal, 1/2 cup rice in the morning with water! Added few fenugreek seeds in the water with water! This adds flavor to your batter! It was soaked for 10 hours!! I have ground dal and rice separately to a smooth paste!! Left them overnight covered in my kitchen to add some fermentation!! Next day Morning i found them well fermented!! Mixed both the paste together and continually whisked it to make a fluffy batter!! This amount of batter will be enough to make bunch of dosas and Idlies!!
Masala recipe: Now make the filling for Masala dosa!! Boil some potatoes with skin!! Take the skin off!! Now add a teaspoon of oil and fry some peanuts and keep them separate!! Now add another spoon of oil, add 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds, one dry red chili whole, 1/2teaspoon asafetida or hing, one split green chili, 1/2 teaspoon Chana dal and a few curry leaves!! Fry them until nice aroma fills your kitchen!! You can add onions and fry them brown and soft! Since I made it without onion added pinch of turmeric and red chili powder and followed by boiled potatoes!! Mix them well!!! Fry and mash the potatoes with the pressure of the backside of your ladle in the kadhai itself!! Masala is ready!!
Sambar recipe: boil toor dal with thick cut vegetables available in your kitchen!! I added papaya, eggplant, beans, carrot and tomato!! You can add onions too!! Boil dal with the vegetables and little salt in cooker till 2/3 whistles!! Check if it is boiled soft or not! If not, boil it again!! Now, add a spoon of oil, add 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds, one dry red chili whole, one split green chili, 1/2 teaspoon Chana dal and a few curry leaves!! Add turmeric powder, red chili powder to the pan, add sambar masala, little ginger paste! Then add the boiled dal with vegetables and mix it with the masala paste!! Now add 2 teaspoon of tamarind paste to dal, followed by sugar and salt as per taste!! Add 1/2 teaspoon Readymade garam masala!! Turn off the heat!! Sambar is ready!!
Peanut chutney: pour a packet of salted peanuts (10 rs packet), salt as per taste from that packet only, 2green chillies, 2 teaspoon of ginger cubes in the small container of mixi! Grind to a fine paste adding as little water as possible!! Now heat one spoon of oil, add 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds, one dry red chili whole, 1/2 teaspoon Chana dal and a few curry leaves!! Fry them and add it on the peanut chutney and mix it with a spoon!!
Dosa recipe:: Now take some quantity of the batter separately in a bowl and add little water to get right consistency of dosa!! Add little salt in the batter to taste it better!!
Now heat your non stick pan, add just 1/2 teaspoon of oil and with a cooking brush spread it well through it!! Let the pan get hot then turn the gas to sim !! Next add 1/4 cup of the batter on the pan and with hand rotate the pan to get the batter evenly run on the pan!! Increase the heat to medium!! When you see bubbles appear on it add masala to the center and fold it carefully to make your dosa as desired!! Add little oil to get it fried properly!!!
Now it's time to serve and help yourself!! 😊😊
