RIDGE GOURD DOSA
Ingredients
- 2 Ridge gourd, ( tender fresh ones without seeds )
- Oil to make dosas
To Soak
- 2 cups Raw Rice/ dosa rice
- 1 tbsp Green Gram moong
- 1 tbsp Bengal Gram Chana Dal, (optional)
- a few Methi seeds, (optional)
For Masala to Grind :
- 2 Tbsp Coriander /Dhania seeds
- 1 Tbsp Cumin Seeds Jeera
- 1 small cup grated coconut
- 1 tsp Turmeric Haldi
- lemon size Tamarind
- 2 Tbsp Jaggery
- 4 - 8 Red Chillies, (depending on your spice level)
- Salt, as per taste
Instructions
- Soak rice,green gram,bengal gram and methi seeds for 2-5 hours or overnight.
- Later drain excess water and grind it in a mixer with all the ingredients mentioned under masala. Make a smooth paste. Let the consistency be like that of a thick buttermilk.
- Wash and peel the ridge gourd roughly to remove the sharp ridges. You need not peel the skin completely.
- Then cut the ridge gourd into thin round slices.
- Grease a tawa and heat it. When it gets hot, dip each ridge gourd pieces into the batter and place them on hot tawa adjacent to each other to form a dosa / round shape.You could pour some batter to fill the gaps in between the pieces.Drizzle few drops of oil and cook it on low flame with a lid covered.
- When the bottom gets cooked ie turns brown, flip it and cook other side.Drizzle some more oil.When done remove from tawa.
- Serve it hot with butter / coconut oil / ghee / curd / Plain coconut chutney / as side dish with rice .I know you will surely love it.Do try.Isn't this a smart way of adding vegetables into our diet ? I can see you nodding your head...
Notes
- Cut the vegetables into thin round slices.Else they wont cook properly.
- Instead of ridge gourd you can use onion,potato,sweet potato,yam,raw banana ,bread fruit,brinjal .
- While cooking keep the flame on low to medium low only . Else dosa will get burnt before the veggies get cooked. Also it needs little more oil than the normal dosa's.
- The remaining batter can be kept in the fridge and used next day.
- If you want you can omit coconut and use a fistful of beaten rice instead. But then be ready to compromise with taste a bit.
- This dosa tastes best when made spicy. So use liberally salt,chillies,tamarind and jaggery.