BaaNale Rotti

Ingredients:

3/4 cup White Rice

3/4 cup Boiled Rice / Kucchulakki

4-5 tsp Grated Coconut

2-3 Green Chillies

1/4 inch sized Ginger

1 medium sized Onion

8-10 Curry Leaves

Salt to taste

Ghee

Recipe:

Soak white rice and boiled rice in water for about 4-5 hours. Wash soaked rice 2-3 times and keep it aside.

Chop onion, green chillies, curry leaves and ginger into small pieces.

Grind soaked rice, coconut coarsely by adding sufficient amount of water. Add chopped ingredients and grind it for a min. Don't make the batter thin. Add salt and mix it well.

Add 2-3 tsp ghee and spread it over the thick bottomed vessel as shown in the picture below.

Pour little amount of batter to a thick bottomed vessel and spread it over the vessel as shown in the picture below.

Put 1 tsp ghee over it and cook it for about 5-8 mins in low/medium flame by covering the lid.

Cook other side of banale rotti as well for about 5-8 mins in low/medium flame.

It goes well with ghee or any kind of chutney, saambar. The ingredients mentioned above will serve 5-6 Banale Rottis.

Kumbalakayi Dose

Ingredients:
1/8th part of medium sized Ash Pumpkin / Budu Kumbalakayi or 2 cups of chopped Ash Gourd
1 cup White Rice
Salt to taste
Oil/Ghee

Recipe:

Soak rice in water for about 4-5 hrs. Wash soaked rice 2-3 times and keep it aside.
Peel the ash pumpkin, remove the seeds and chop it into small pieces as shown in the picture.

Grind soaked rice along with sliced ash pumpkin pieces into smooth paste. Add salt and water(if required). (Consistency of the batter should be like that of milkshake.)

Heat the Tava(Iron Tava preferred). Pour a spoonful of batter at the centre, spread it with the back of the spoon to a thin round. Add 1 tsp of oil/ghee on top of dosa, cover it in a lid and cook it for a minute in medium flame. Cook other side of the dosa as well for about 1 min.

Serve hot with any chutney or sambar. The ingredients mentioned above will serve 6-8 Kumbalakayi Dosas.