Vegetable dosas can be made anyday for breakfast or dinner in no time. You can make these dosas with whatever vegetables you have on hand. It is easy to make (as it needs no planning ahead), healthy and tasty too. Some of the options include spinach (keerai) dosai, tomato (thakkali) dosai, bottlegourd (surrakkai) dosai, zucchini dosai, yellow squash dosai, carrot dosai, beetroot dosai etc. This dosai is a complete meal by itself and does not need any sidedish.
- Rice - 1 cup
- Toor dal - 1/2 cup
- Channa dal - 2 tblsp
- Urad dal - 2 tblsp
- Salt - as needed
- Dry red chillies - 4
- Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
- Ginger - 1 " piece
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Oil - for making adai
- Rice - 2 cups
- Salt - to taste
Pesarattu (Moong dosa/ Green Gram Dosa) is a famous Andhra tiffin item. It can be made either with moong dal(split green gram) or whole green gram lentil. It is usually had with upma and some chutney.
- For Batter
- Green chillies - 5-7
- Ginger - 2" piece
- Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
- Oil - for making pesarattu
- For Topping
- Onions - finely chopped
- Green Chillies - finely chopped
- Grated Coconut
- Chopped Cilantro
- Ingredients to be mixed with batter according to your taste
- Oil - for making adai
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Ginger - 1 " piece
- Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
- Dry red chillies - 4
- Salt - as needed
- Urad dal - 2 tblsp
- Channa dal - 1/2 cup
- Toor dal - 1/2 cup
- Grated coconut - 2 tblsp
- Cornmeal - 2 cups
- Sour Yogurt - 2 cups
- Water - as needed for batter
- Oil- 2 tblsp
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
- Channa dal- 1 tsp
- Dosa Batter - as needed
- Oil/Ghee/Butter - as needed
- Rice Flour - 1/2 cup
- All Purpose Flour - 2 tblsp
- Yogurt/ Buttermilk - 1 cup
- Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
- Crushed peppercorns - 1/4 tsp
- Salt - as needed
- Oil - for making dosas
- Optional Ingredients
- Cashews
- Mustard seeds
- Oil – 1/4 cup
- Ripe bananas - 2
- Rice flour - 1/4 cup
- Cardoman powder - 1 pinch
- Sugar - to taste
- Ghee - to fry
There are many variations of masala dosa in different places like Mushroom dosa, Cauliflower dosa, Peas masala dosa, Paneer masala dosa, Chicken masala dosa, Onion masala dosa (with fried onions), Soya masala dosa, Mysore masala dosa (red chutney is applied in the inner surface of the dosa) etc. Whatever be the case, a thick masala is prepared with the respective ingredient and is stuffed inside the dosa.
- For the dosa
- Dosa batter - as needed
- Oil - as needed
- For the masala
- Potatoes - 3
- Onion - 1
- Green chilies - 3 or 4
- Curry Leaves - 1 strand
- cilantro - handful
- Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
- Chana dal - 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 spoon