Masala dosa is a famous south Indian dish. It is a good breakfast item. Masala dosa is nothing but a crispy dosa with potato masala filling inside it. Mostly masala dosa is served hot with coconut chutney and sambar.
Masala Dosa Recipe
Ingredients
For batter:
- 1 cup Rice
- ½ cup Urad dal
- 4-5 Methi seeds [optional]
- Salt to taste
For potato masala:
- 2 Potatoes
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon Mustards seeds
- 3-4 Garlic cloves
- 3-4 Curry leaves
- 2-3 Green chilies
- 1 Onion
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- Oil
- Salt to taste
- Handful of coriander.
Instructions
Soaking Dal And Rice :
- Take rice and methi seeds in a bowl. Wash it 2-3 times and soak in water for 8 hours or a whole day.
- In another bowl, take urad dal, wash it 2-3 times with water and soak for 8 hours or a whole day.
How To Make Dosa Batter:
- Drain water from rice and dal.
- Add rice and methi seeds in a grinder jar with ¼ cup of water. Grind it in smooth paste and transfer in a large bowl.
- Add dal in a grinder jar with little water and grind it in a smooth paste. Transfer it to the same bowl.
- Mix ground dal and rice with the ladle and let it ferment for 8 hours (overnight).
- After fermentation Batter will increase in volume.
- Add salt and water to the batter. Mix well.
Masala For Masala Dosa:
- Add 1 glass of water and potatoes to the pressure cooker. Close the lid and take 7-8 whistles on high flame.
- When steam comes out automatically, open the lid. Take out potatoes and let them cool for some time. Now peel the potatoes and chop them into medium pieces.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in the pan. Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds to it. When cumin and mustard seeds start crackling, add 3 curry leaves, chopped garlic and green chilies in it.
- When curry leaves turns crispy. Add chopped onion to it. Mix well and cook it until the onion turns light pink.
- Also add turmeric powder and salt to taste in it.
- Add chopped potatoes in it and mix well.
- Cover it with a lid. And cook for 5 minutes.
- Now add finely chopped coriander on it and mix well.
- Masala is ready.
How To Make Masala Dosa:
- Heat the pan. Turn flame to low and add 1 tablespoon of oil to pan.
- Pour a ladle full of dosa batter on the pan and spread it using ladle quickly.
- Cook dosa on medium flame, add little oil around the dosa edges and on the dosa.
- Once the base of the dosa turns in golden, add potato masala to the middle of the dosa and roll it from both sides.
- Masala dosa is ready. Serve hot masala dosa with coconut chutney or sambar.
Nutrition
How To Make Masala Dosa
Soaking Dal And Rice :
1. Take rice and methi seeds in a bowl. Wash it 2-3 times and soak in water for 8 hours or a whole day.
2. In another bowl, take urad dal, wash it 2-3 times with water and soak for 8 hours or a whole day.
How To Make Dosa Batter:
1. Drain water from rice and dal.
2. Add rice and methi seeds in a grinder jar with ¼ cup of water. Grind it in smooth paste and transfer in a large bowl.
3. Add dal in a grinder jar with little water and grind it in a smooth paste. Transfer it to the same bowl.
4. Mix ground dal and rice with the ladle and let it ferment for 8 hours (overnight).
5. After fermentation Batter will increase in volume.
6. Add salt and water to the batter. Mix well.
Masala For Masala Dosa:
1. Add 1 glass of water and potatoes to the pressure cooker. Close the lid and take 7-8 whistles on high flame.
2. When steam comes out automatically, open the lid. Take out potatoes and let them cool for some time. Now peel the potatoes and chop them into medium pieces.
3. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in the pan. Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds to it. When cumin and mustard seeds start crackling, add 3 curry leaves, chopped garlic and green chilies in it.
4. When curry leaves turns crispy. Add chopped onion to it. Mix well and cook it until the onion turns light pink.
5. Also add turmeric powder and salt to taste in it.
6. Add chopped potatoes in it and mix well.
7. Cover it with a lid. And cook for 5 minutes.
8. Now add finely chopped coriander on it and mix well.
9. Masala is ready.
How To Make Masala Dosa:
1. Heat the pan. Turn flame to low and add 1 tablespoon of oil to pan.
2. Pour a ladle full of dosa batter on the pan and spread it using ladle quickly.
3. Cook dosa on medium flame, add little oil around the dosa edges and on the dosa.
4. Once the base of the dosa turns in golden, add potato masala to the middle of the dosa and roll it from both sides.
5. Masala dosa is ready. Serve hot masala dosa with coconut chutney or sambar.
