Heerakai Dosa (Ridge Gourd Dosa)

Here is an interesting recipe for breakfast with veggies. I have already given the recipe for Uppu Huli Dosa. This is a variation using Ridge Gourd in the dosa. You can also use vegetables like sliced brinjal, zucchini and onions too.

Ingredients

Ridge Gourd - 1
Uppu Huli Dosa Batter (click here for recipe)
Oil - 4 tsp

Method

Peel and slice the ridge gourd into slices as shown below.

Heat the dosa tava. Dip the slices in the dosa batter and place on the dosa tava as shown below. Keep the gas on simmer.

Add a little oil to the sides of the dosa.Turn over after a few minutes.

Serve the yummy dosas with butter and chutney powder.

Uppu Huli Dosa (Uppu Puli Dosa)

Uppu Puli Dosa (Uppu Huli Dosa) is a traditional Udupi recipe. It is a sweet, sour and spicy pancake made of rice, lentils and spices. It does not require fermentation and is very tasty. You can add vegetables like cabbage, onion, spinach, methi leaves etc to the dosa batter.

Recipe Source : Mother

Soaking time : Minimum 3 hrs

Cooking time : 5 minutes (1 dosa)

Serves : Makes 15 -20 medium sized dosas/pancakes

Ingredients :

to soak :

1 cup raw rice (uncooked)

1 cup (par)boiled rice (uncooked)

1/2 cup moong dal (green gram dal)

1/4 urad dal (black gram dal)

2 tablespoons dhania (coriander seeds)

1 tsp jeera (cumin seeds)

1 tsp methi (fenugreek seeds)

4 to 5 red chillies

lemon sized tamarind

other ingredients :

½ coconut (grated)

1 tablespoon jaggery

1 teaspoon turmeric powder

Salt to taste

Method :

1. Soak the ingredients mentioned under "to soak" overnight or for a minimum 3 hours.

2. Add this with "other ingredients" and grind to make a fine batter.

3. Make dosas (pancakes) in the usual manner with the batter. You can add chopped vegetables to the batter like cabbage, onion, spinach etc.

Submitting this to "Meat free Mondays " and " Recipe of the week".