Instant Rava Dosa (semolina Pancakes)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup rice flour
• 1 cup wheat flour or 1 cup maize flour
• 1 cup semolina (rava)
• 1/2 cup curds
• 1 pinch baking soda
• 3 green chilies, deseeded and chopped
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1/2 inch gingerroot, peeled and chopped fine
• 10 peppercorns (coarsely pounded - as it lends a very spicy flavour to the dosas) (optional)
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 sprig curry leaf, chopped (green)
• 1 pinch asafetida powder
• salt
• sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 mix wheat/maize, rice, rava (suji), curd, baking soda and salt.
• 2 add water to it and make dough of pouring consistency.
• 3 heat oil in kadai and add the mustard seeds.
• 4 after the mustard seeds splutter, add the cumin seeds, asafoetida, green chilles, ginger, pepper corns (optional) and curry leaves.
• 5 heat till the cumin seeds get golden.
• 6 add the seasoning to the batter.
• 7 leave it for 3-5 mins or even upto an hour.
• 8 important: making a rava dosa is different from making a normal dosa.
• 9 the consistency of the dough has to be more watery.
• 10 you need to pour the batter all over the fry pan starting from the outer circle and fill it towards the center.
• 11 swirl the pab around so that there are no gaps in the dosa and the batter spreads fine all round.
• 12 as it cooks tiny holes (like dots) will appear on the dosa.
• 13 (3 to 5 mins) cover the fry pan after spreading the batter.
• 14 turn to cook the other side if needed (i do so as we like the dosas crisp) (for a minute or so uncovered) accompaniments: sambar, chutney, or a potato vegetable.