Dosa, Idli,Chutney and Mulakai Podi

Dosa,

Ingredients

Boiled rice..........3cups

Urad dhal.............1cup

Salt to taste

Method.

Soak rice and dal separately for 4 hours.

Grind and keep overnight to ferment. 

Next day make dosas in a dosa tawa or dosakal. 

Apply oil on the dosakal take a big spoon of batter spread evenly into big round and add oil all the sides. 

When one side is cooked turn the other side. 

When it becomes crispy remove from the dosakal. 

Serve hot with chutney or mulakaipodi.

Coconut chutney

Ingredients

Grated coconuts............1cup

Tamarind ......................1/2 tsp

Green chilli.....................4

Dalia(porikadalai )..........2tsp

Salt to taste

Curry leaves....................few

Ginger.................................small piece

Mustard seeds...............1tsp

Urad dhal...........................2tsp

Red chili..........................1

Method

Grind coconut, green chili, tamarind ,salt and dalia into a coarse paste. Heat a tawa with 1 tsp oil add dhal chilli curry leaves and mustard seeds. when it splutters add to the chutney.

 










Mulakai podi

Ingredients

Red chili................. ...........................1cup

Urad dhal...................,.........................1/2 cup

Chana dhal...........................................1/4 cup

Black til.(sesame seeds)...................3tbsp

Salt to taste

Hing..............................................1tsp

Method

Fry all ingredients with 2tsp oil till the dhals become red. 

When it becomes cold, grind them adding salt into powder.
Fry the sesame seeds(til) with out oil. 

Add this til and grind into coarse powder.

This is a good combination for dosa and idli. 

Add little oil with this powder when you eat dosa or idli.

Idli
Idli

 
Idli and chutney is the favourite breakfast of south Indians.

Ingredients

Idli rice.........3cups
Urad dhal...........1cup
Salt to taste

Method

Soak both rice and dhal separately for 4 hours and grind separately into fine paste. Mix both add salt and keep it overnight.. Next day make idlis with the help of a idli vessal,Serve with coconut chutney.

For kids, we make kunju idlis(small idlis) They love the idlis and eat them.