As all of you already know, dosas are our family staple breakfast. So much that any day any time any variety of dosa batter would either be fermenting or ready in the refrigerator (talk about dosa love ❤️). This is one variety that I have been making quite often now and happy that I am able to share it today with all of you.

We have been home bound again since few weeks due to the sudden increase in Covid cases here in Qatar and my daughter’s classes are also online now. Half of my day goes in juggling between managing her classes, entertaining my son and cooking alongside while the rest half goes in playing with them and finishing off my chores. So I hardly get the lavish time that I used to get before to blog.

And whenever I do get some little time in between, I prefer to watch random YouTube videos or listen to my favorite songs and bhajans while walking inside my home or arranging the toys which has become my way to soothe myself. Along with these, the weather has become so beautiful in Qatar with light rains that I just sit looking outside at the trees, the birds and the precious raindrops. It’s a gift from nature that I was waiting for since many years. ❤️

Hope you all are doing well too. Really wishing peace and happiness with good health for all of you. Since this is my first post in 2022, I take this opportunity to wish all of you a very Happy New year too. Stay safe, take care. Happy and healthy cooking! ❤️

RECIPE:

Ingredients: {Makes 17 dosas}

1 Cup Urad dal (I use split ones)

1 Cup Matta rice/ Parboiled rice/ Ukde tandulu in Konkani

1 1/2 Cups White rice (any variety)

1/2 Cup thick Poha/ flattened rice

Salt to taste

Oil or Ghee to cook the dosa

Step by step recipe:

1. Wash well and soak Urad dal separately and matta rice- white rice together in two vessels for 4 to 6 hours. (Matta rice needs more soaking time.) Here is the picture to show the rice varieties that I have used.

2. After soaking time, drain the water and add Urad dal in a mixer.

3. Grind to a smooth paste adding little water. Add to a vessel. Now drain and add both the rice along with poha in the mixer.

4. Grind this to a smooth paste. Add it to the Urad dal batter along with salt. Mix well with hands.

5. Keep covered at room temperature for 8 to 10 hours. I keep the batter for about 12 hours now since it is winter as the batter takes more time to ferment. In summers, 8 hours would be enough.

6. Mix the batter well once. Heat a dosa pan and pour a ladle of batter in the center. You can make both thin or thick dosas with this batter but we prefer thick spongy dosas. Add ghee over the dosas once the surface looks cooked.

7. Flip and cook the other side for few seconds too.

8. Remove and serve with a chutney of your choice.

Notes:

* I usually make a simple ginger chutney with this dosa. Just grind coconut with ginger, green chillies, tamarind, salt and little water to a smooth paste. Season in coconut oil with mustard seeds and curry leaves.

* I use the Palakkadan Matta rice variety which we consume daily for our meals, to make this dosa. It is also called Kerala red rice or Kerala Parboiled rice. In Konkani, we call it Ukde tandulu. You can use any variety of brown rice.

* Note that the soaking time for Matta rice is atleast 6 hours so that it grinds well in the mixer.

* Poha makes this dosa very spongy and soft. I use thick variety, you can use thin ones too.

* This batter stays well if refrigerated for couple of days. Ideal for lunch boxes too as the dosas stay soft for a long time.

* I got inspired to make this dosa from my Surai Ukdle Polo, a dosa commonly made in Konkani households.

* I also make Paniyarams or Appos with Matta rice and mixed dals – Mixed dal Appos.