Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Tomato Dosai


Dosas are one of my favorite breakfast and dinner items. In fact, once the idly/dosa batter is ground; it would be idly on the first day and then dosai on the following days, until we’re done with the batter. It is only on days when we don’t have the idly/dosai batter at hand that I have to look for some other dish for dinner.

Tomato dosai is a nice variation to the regular dosai. I came to know about these from my SIL who is from Trivandrum. Her mother has many interesting recipes up her sleeve. My kids were thrilled to see pink dosas, (pink being my daughter’s favorite color) and gladly had a couple of them without any fuss.

So if you run out of your regular dosa batter, give this one a try.

Makes about – 15 to 16 dosais
What you’ll need
  1. Raw Rice – 2 Cups
  2. Urad Dal – 2 tbsp
  3. Fenugreek Seeds – 1 tsp
  4. Tomatoes – 5 Medium sized
  5. Dried Red Chillies – 1 or 2
  6. Asafoetida – a generous pinch
  7. Curry Leaves – finely chopped (optional)
Method
  1. Soak the rice, dal and fenugreek seeds and red chilly for 3 to 4 hours.
  2. Drain and grind into a smooth paste adding water as and when required. Do not add too much water as the tomatoes also will add to the liquid.
  3. Grind the tomatoes separately and mix along with the ground rice.
  4. Add asafoetida and salt to taste.  Also add the finely chopped curry leaves. Mix well. Add water if required and adjust batter into a pouring consistency. If the batter is thick you will not get thin dosas.
  5. Heat a Tawa/Dosa Pan, pour a ladle full of batter and spread like spreading a dosai, from center to outside. Drizzle little oil on the sides of the dosai. Cook on medium heat.
  6. Flip and cook the other side as well.
  7. Serve immediately with chutney, sambar or milagai podi.



Note:
Dosa becomes slightly hard on cooling, so for best taste, serve hot.

32 comments:

divyagcp said...

This has been on the must try list for a long time.. Dosa looks colorful and inviting.. Delicious breakfast :)

Unknown said...

I also make dosas from the Idly batter the next day after preparing idly. Sometimes, I add tomato paste to this batter itself if I crave for tomato dosa. I also like this pink dosas Kaveri.

Sangeetha Priya said...

love this soft n tangy dosa!!! wonderful click :-)

Unknown said...

Very tangy and yummy dosai.




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Unknown said...

Wow, lovely dosas... Added to my to-do list :)

Unknown said...

A very nice way to please the kids. when they are bored with the usual dosa, this can be made. looks too good with nice color. must have tasted good too.

Lifewithspices said...

yummmy dosai..

Unknown said...

yummy dosai and kids are easily attracted and eat regularly

Vimitha Durai said...

Loved the color. Tangy and tempting dosas

chef and her kitchen said...

nice and delicious dosa.....looks yumm

Sangeetha Nambi said...

Super innovative dosa...
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Hema said...

Yummy dosas, kids would definitely love the color..

Rumana Rawat said...

Very nice and delicious dosa...

Priya Suresh said...

Very inviting dosa, feel like finishing that spread.

Indian Khana said...

Looks so pretty and yum

Vidya Chandrahas said...

Very interesting...tasty lovely dosa.

Unknown said...

nice color you got.. kids would love it..

Vineetha Sush said...

Beautiful colourful dosha ...its tempting me a lot :)

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

It was in my to do list for a long time. Beautiful color and yummy dosa

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Very innovative looking dosa

Suja Manoj said...

LOve the color,can imagine the taste..yum

divya said...

Looks delicious n awesome.

Anonymous said...

U had me at tomato. I love tomato so much that I can have it in anything, absolutely anything!

Sangeetha M said...

i wanted to try this tomato dosa for a long time,dosa looks so inviting n liked its color too...good one Kaveri!

Julie said...

Great color and love the way its presented,Kaveri..very inviting one!!
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Swathi said...

Tomato dosai looks really yumm Kaveri.

Shylaja Praveen said...

LOve this colorful and Tangy dosa Kaveri

Divya A said...

Tomatoes do add a flavor and nice color to the dosa...Good one dear..Kids and grown ups benefit equally from this recipe :) Good one dear!!

Sona said...

i love this. dosa looks delicious and nice color. nice clicks.

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www.mahaslovelyhome.com said...

very healthy n so tempting

Unknown said...

I love this dosa very much.... nice recipe

Beena said...

Love it. Tempting colour

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