WATERMELON RIND DOSA - WATERMELON RIND RECIPES
Watermelon rind dosa is a traditional coastal Karnataka dish made using white region of watermelon peels and rice
Ingredients
- 4 cup Any Rice / Dosa Rice
- 2 cup Watermelon Rind
- 1/2 cup Urad dal
- 2 tsp Methi seeds / fenugreek seeds, (optional but I add as it's healthy n adds flavor)
- 2 cup Puffed Rice
- 1/2 cup grated coconut
- Salt to taste
- Oil to make dosa
Instructions
- After cutting the fruit, take out the watermelon rind ( White region ). Take off the outermost green skin, as thin as possible and discard it. We would be using only the white part.
- Wash & Soak rice, urad methi seeds for 4-5 hours.
- An hour before grinding, add puffed rice (puri) to the soaked ingredients.
- Dice roughly n grind watermelon Rind n coconut. No need to add water.
- To the ground watermelon rind Coconut mix .. add soaked rice mix. Grind smooth. Add salt, mix and allow to ferment. Note that watermelon rind has a lot of water so make sure .. you grind the batter really thick. Cover and keep aside.
- Morning .. you will see that the batter has fermented well. Mix and check the consistency. Add water if required to get a regular dosa batter consistency.
- Heat a Tawa. Pour a ladle full of batter and do like uthappam. Drizzle few drops of oil, cover and cook.
- One can make thin crisp dosa too.
- Once the dosa s are cooked from one side, if you want can serve as such or flip and roast another side too.
