Thursday, October 26, 2006

Rava dosa with Tomato-Onion chutney

Rava uppuma, rava idly, rava dosa, rava halwa...etc so many things from this one handy ingredient.This rava dosa ,very easy and fast dosa recipe when there is so little time to cook...

Rava dosa


Ingredients

Rava - 1/2 cup
Rice flour - 1 cup
Maida flour - 1/2 cup
Salt - as needed

For tadka

Oil - 2tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Red chillies - 10 (adjust according to u'r palatte)
Jeera - 1/2tsp
Cashew nuts - 6 (fried in ghee)(optional)
Curry leaves - as needed
Coriander leaves - as needed


Method

Soak rava in little water for abt 15-30 minutes.Now mix rava, maida,rice flour and salt together into a batter using water.The batter should be thinner than the usual dosa batter.Do the tadka and pour it into the batter.If you want you can add chopped onion now.In a hot tava, make thin dosas using this batter.If you want you can 2 tbsp of yougurt to the batter for little bit different taste.Serve it hot with any type of chutney or milagu podi.



Tomato - onion chutney

(ref : aval vikatan)


Ingredients


Tomato - 4
Onion - 2
Garlic - 6 small pods
Red chillies - 5
Urad dal -1tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Perungayam - 1/2 tsp
Tamarind - amla sized ball
Salt - as needed
Oil - 2tbsp
Coriander leaves - as needed


Method

Chop tomato, onion into big sized pieces.In pan heat oil and fry mustard,urad dal,red chillies.Now add garlic and chopped onion into it and fry till they are golden brown.Add tomato, tamarind, perungayam and salt to this and fry till tomatoes are melt completely.Finally add chopped coriander leaves and fry for another 2 min.s.Switch off the heat and let it cool down.After cooling down , grind it into a fine paste.This chutney goes well with all dosas and idlies.


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