Ada Dosa

Ingredients for Ada Dosa:

1. Raw rice (Pachari) – 1 cup

    Black gram (Uzhunnu) – ½ cup

    Red gram (Thuvaraparipp) – ¼ cup

    Bengal gram (Kadalaparipp) – ¼ cup

    Green gram (Cherupayar) – ¼ cup

    Horse gram (Muthira) – ¼ cup

    Oats – 2-3 big spoons

    Fenugreek seeds – 1 big spoon

    Wheat – A little

    Red chillies – 4 or 5

    Shallots – 8 or 9

    Curry leaves – 1 stalk

2. Salt – For taste

    Asafoetida powder – A little

How to prepare Ada dosa?

1. Soak all the ingredients listed as 1 for 4 to 5 hours.

2. Grind all these ingredients and prepare the batter adding asafoetida powder and salt.

3. Keep it aside for 4-5 hours and allow the batter to ferment.

4. Now you can prepare ada dosa, applying gingelly oil or ghee.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, July 1-14, 2017

Recipe submitted by Devi Sasidharan, Malappuram

Ada Dosa (Recipe 2)

Ingredients for Ada Dosa (Recipe 2):

1. Raw rice – ½ cup

2. Black gram – ½ cup

3. Bengal gram – ½ cup

4. Pigeon pea split (Toor dal/Sambar paripp) – ½ cup

5. Red chillies – 25

6. Asafoetida powder – ½ small spoon

7. Salt – For taste

8. Curry leaves – As needed

9. Sesame oil – As needed

How to prepare Ada Dosa (Recipe 2)?

1. Soak ingredients 1-5 in water for 3 hours and grind to a smooth paste to prepare the batter. You need not make a fine paste.

2. Add salt, asafoetida and sufficient water, with the consistency of dosa batter.

3. Add chopped curry leaves too.

4. Heat a tawa, spread oil and prepare dosas using a big spoonful of batter each.

5. Pour sesame oil on the top and edges of dosa.

6. When both sides are fried well, take dosa from tawa and serve with chutney.

Note: Dosa should be prepared as soon as batter is made. It should not be fermented. 

To prepare coconut chutney:

Blend well – Two cups of scrapped coconut, 4 green chillies, 4 shallots, salt, gooseberry sized tamarind and a stem of curry leaves.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine February 1-14, 2010

Also read: Dosa in 7 varieties 

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