Set Dosa

Ingredients:

1 Cup White Rice

1/4 cup Blackgram seeds

1/2 cup Avalakki/Poha

1/2 cup Curd/Yogurt

10 Fenugreek seeds/Methi/Menthe

Salt to taste

Oil/Ghee

Recipe:

Soak rice, blackgram seeds, fenugreek seeds together in water for about 6-7 hrs. Wash soaked ingredients 2-3 times and keep it aside.

Grind soaked ingredients along with avalakki/poha into smooth thick batter by adding sufficient amount of water. Keep it in warm place for fermentation for about 10-12 hrs.

Add salt, curd to this batter and mix it well. If batter is too thick add sufficient amount of water. The consistency of the batter should be that of milkshake.

Heat the Tava(Iron Tava preferred). Put small round dosas as shown in the picture below.(Just pour the batter, don't spread it.) Add 1 tsp of oil/ghee on top of dosas, cover it in a lid and cook it for a minute in medium flame. Cook other side of the dosas as well for about 1 min.

Serve hot with any chutney or sambar. Ingredients mentioned above will serve 6-7 plates of Set Dosas.

Gobi Palya

Ingredients:

5-6 flakes of Cauliflower /Gobi

1 small Tomato

1 small Onion

Salt to taste

Pinch of Turmeric powder

1/4 tsp Chilly Powder

2-3 tsp grated Coconut

2-3 Curry leaves

1/4 tsp Mustard seeds

3-4 tsp oil

Recipe:

Chop cauliflower, onion, tomato into small pieces as shown in the picture below.

Add mustard seeds and oil in a thick bottommed vessel/pan. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves and chopped onion. Fry it for few minutes untill onion turns golden in color. Then add chopped tomato, turmeric powder, chilly powder, salt and fry it for 3-4 mins. Add chopped cauliflower and fry it for around 20-25 mins in medium flame. Add grated coconut and stir it. Keep the palya in low flame for about 4-5 minutes.

It goes well with Rice/Chapathis.