Recipe: Perfect Masoor Dal Dosa

Masoor Dal Dosa. Masoor Dal or Red Lentil, the principal ingredient here, is said to have high amounts of protein and fibres that are good for us. You can make the dosas wafer thin or like the ordinary dosa, as per your choice. Both turn out to be very tasty.

After soaking, drain and grind it to a smooth paste with asafoetida, dry red chillies, ginger, salt and water enough to make a dosa batter. If the batter becomes thicker you can always add water later. (You can grind the carrot along with the batter or add grated carrot to the batter.) Mixed Dal Dosa or Mixed Lentil Dosa is a high protein breakfast recipe. Mixed Dal Dosa is highly nutritious and delicious and makes a perfect breakfast menu. You can cook Masoor Dal Dosa using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Masoor Dal Dosa

1. You need For of Dosa batter:.
2. Prepare 1/2 of Rice.
3. Prepare 1/2 cup of Masoor dal/Red Gram.
4. It's 1 tsp of Red Chilli powder.
5. Prepare to taste of Salt.
6. It's as needed of Oil.
7. It's As required of Water.
8. Prepare For of Filling:.
9. Prepare 2 of boiled Potatoes.
10. You need 1 of Onion.
11. You need 1/2 tsp of Mustard seeds.
12. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Cumin seeds.
13. Prepare 1 of Dry Red Chilli.
14. You need to taste of Salt.
15. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Garam masala powder.
16. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Turmeric powder.
17. It's 1/2 tsp of Red chilli powder.
18. You need 1 tbsp of Oil.

It is a very quick and easy recipe and there is no need for fermentation of batter for this dosa. Masoor Dal Masala Dosa is a yumm and healthy variety of Dosa which is more popular in North and Coastal Karnataka. Here Masoor Dal (Black Lentils) is used instead of Urad dal which is light in digestion and has more nutrients. Moreover, this is tasty dosa that goes well with any type of chutney.

Masoor Dal Dosa instructions

1. Soak masoor dal and rice together for 4 hours..
2. After that, strain and grind them in mixer to a fine paste..
3. Add salt, chilli powder and water to make a thin, runny dosa batter..
4. Heat oil in a pan and put cumin and mustard seeds..
5. Add chopped onions and dry red chilli and sauté for 2 minutes..
6. Add turmeric, chilli and garam masala powder..
7. Add boile and mashed potatoes and mix well..
8. Add salt and cook for 2-3 minutes and remove from heat..
9. Heat a nonstick dosa tava and pour a ladle full dosa batter..
10. Sprinkle oil on dosa, and when it starts crisp from 1 side put potato filling on it..
11. Roll it carefully, remove from tava and serve hot with chutney.

So, try to make this dosa at home and enjoy. Grind soaked daal to make a thicker batter. Add salt, red chilli powder, garam masala/all spice mix, Cumin and Carom seeds, asafoetida/hing powder, chopped green chillies, mint leaves and coriander leaves. Red lentil, also known as masoor dal in Hindi, is quite common in North India. I remember my mom making a variety of dishes from this dal -- dal fry, stew using different veggies and other various preparations of kadhi like masala kadhi, Dahi ki kadhi, etc.