KITCHEN TIPS & TRICKS

Ingredients 1/4 cup roasted gram dal 1/4 cup grated coconut. 3-4 green chillies a small piece of tamarind 1 tbsp coriander leaves salt to taste For seasoning : 1 tbsp oil 1 tsp mustard seeds 1 pinch of asafoetida 1 tsp urad dal Method Soak the urad dal and poha for 4-5 hours. Grind it finely to a paste with water Add rice flour and salt to the paste and mix well. You can add more water to get the required consistency. Store the dough in a large vessel in a warm place for atleast 8 hours for it to ferment well. Heat tava. Pour a tablespoon of dough on the tava. Do not make it very thin. Prepare small round dosas of approximately 10 cm diameter with little oil. Cover it and let it cook for a few minutes. When the dosa is red, turn the dosa and cook on the other side. Serve a 'set' of 3 dosas topped with butter or ghee and chutney. Grind all the ingredients for chutney with water. The chutney should be watery. Seasoning: Heat oil in a small pan. Add all the ingredients for seasoni

Ingredients Split black gram (urad dal) Rice flour Method Soak 1 cup of urad dal for 3 hrs. Grind it adding water to smooth consistency. Then add 2 cups of rice flour. To it and add salt and let it ferment overnight. Make thin dosas and it comes out very crisp and tasty. Source: http://food.sify.com