WHEAT DOSA - SALTY

'Godhambu' (wheat) dosa, as they are popularly known down South are 'any-time' dosas - you don't have to plan a day or two in advance as for the regular dosa but can make them within half an hour! There are two varieties - salty and sweet.

Makes 12 dosas

Ingredients –

Wheat flour – 1 ½ cups

Water – 1 ½ cups

Salt to taste

Rice flour – 2 tbsp

Yogurt – 1 tbsp (whisked)

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Urad dal – 1 tsp

Whole red chilli pieces – 2-3

Green chilli – 1 – chopped fine

Curry leaves - 8

Oil

Method –

Take 1 ½ cups of water in a bowl.

Add 1 ½ cups of wheat flour, 2 tbsp of rice flour, salt and whisked yogurt.

Mix it well without any lumps.

Set it aside for at least 20 minutes.

Heat 1 tsp oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds, urad dal and red chilli pieces. When they splutter, add chopped green chilli and curry leaves and pour it into the dosa batter. Mix well and set aside for at least 20 minutes.

Add 1-2 tbsp of water if necessary to make a thin batter.

Heat a tava. Make dosa with the batter. Add ½ tsp oil.

After a minute, flip it over, lower the heat and add ½ tsp oil.

Remove after a minute.

Serve hot with coconut chutney or spiced chutney powder.

Tips –

Instead of 2 tbsp rice flour and 1 tbsp whisked yogurt, you can add 2 tbsp dosa batter.

When you are left with very little dosa batter, you can just add required water and wheat flour to it (without rice flour) and make wheat dosa for the whole family.
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