Sunday, March 24, 2013

Cucumber Spicy and Sweet Dosa...

Cucumber Spicy and Sweet dosa is a healthy food and  good to have for break fast or in the evening as snack..
CUCUMBER SPICY DOSA
Things needed: 
Rava ( Semolina , medium sized ) 2 cups.
Milk : 1/2 Cup. 
Cucumber : 1 medium sized.
Coconut : Fresh and grated : 1/2 cup.
Green chilly : 1 to 2
Coriander leaves : 2 to 3 table spoons.
Curry leaves : 2  Table spoons.
Salt : to taste.
Oil: 4 to 5 Table spoons.
Water : Required 

Method :  Cut coriander leaves, curry leaves , green chillies and keep it aside.  Grate cucumber and keep it aside. Take a bowl and put Rava , salt , green chillies , curry leaves and coriander leaves.  Put  required water and 1/2 cup of milk and mix it together. Put grated fresh coconut. Mix it nicely and keep it aside for 10 minutes. Now add grated cucumber and  prepare dosas . 
Keep a pan on the fire. Heat the tava and put a tea spoon of oil.( Sprinkle).  Now take a spoon of Rava dosa mix and spread it on the tava slowly . Do not spread a lot . Let it be  a handful size. Put 1 spoon of oil and cover with lid and cook  on  medium flame for 1 minute and turn and cook it on other side. Remove the dosa from the tava and serve with a  spoon of ghee and any side dish of your favourite.  Repeat  the same with remaining dough and cook  SPICY CUCUMBER DOSAS.

CUCUMBER SWEET DOSA
Things Needed : 
Rava : 2 cups.
Jaggery : 2 to 3 Table spoons.
Salt : Required.
Milk : 1/2 cup
Cucumber : 1 ( Medium sized).
Coconut : 1/2 cup.
Ghee or oil : 3 to 4 Table spoons.
Water : Required .
Method: 
Grate cucumber and put it in a bowl. Add Rava , milk, salt,  grated coconut , jaggery  and required water. Mix nicely and keep it for Ten minutes and then  prepare Dosas  and serve  Hot Sweet  cucumber dosas  with little ghee on the top of  the dosa. 
Note : The dosa dough should not be very watery or too thick too. Let it be like idli dough consistency. Prepare dosas on medium flame and see that it does not get burn. You can also add  two  table spoons of wheat flour  to the dough . So that dosa taste soft and nice. You can also add onions to the  spicy dosa, but it taste different.  

Serves  : 2 to 3


Saturday, March 9, 2013

Spicy Maida ( All purpose flour) Rotti.

Maida Rotti  can be eaten with chutney or pickle or chutney powder, honey or jaggery.  We can have this Rotti for break fast or dinner or in the evening as snack.

Things Needed:
Maida ( All purpose ) flour: 2 cups.
Red chilly : 2
Curd : 1/2 cup
Coconut : 2 Table spoons.
Jeera : 1/2 Tea spoon.
Salt : to taste.
Onions : 2 to 3
Coriander leaves : 2 to 3 table spoons. ( cut ones).
Curry leaves : 2 Table spoons.( 8 yo 10 leaves).
Water : Required water . ( 1 cup).
Oil: 2 to 3 Table spoons.
Method :
Cut onions, curry leaves and coriander leaves into small pieces. Grind  coconut , red chillies and jeera together adding little water.  Now take a big bowl . Put the ground mixture, cut onions, curry leaves and coriander leaves. Put curd and little water . Add salt and mix maida nicely adding little by little water.  The dough should not be very thick or very loose. ( The consistency should be like rava rotti consistency).
Now keep a tava on the fire and heat. Sprinkle 1 tea spoon of oil and take a handful of  rotti mixture and spread on the tava.  You can wet your fingers and spread the dough on the tava.  Now sprinkle little oil on the top of roti and cover it. Cook on low flame for 2 minutes and turn the rotti and cook on the other side.
Maida rotti is ready to serve.  Put a spoon of ghee or butter on the top and serve with coconut chutney or any other chutney or  honey or jaggery.
 
Note: Using curd or butter milk is a must. It does not stick when you add curd. Cook on low flame . Can add  grated carrots,  any kind of edible leaves or cucumber. It gives a different taste. Can also add green chillies instead of red chillies.  Adding is coconut is an optional.
Serves : 2 to 3

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