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Ghee Roast

Ghee Roast also called as nei dosa is a tasty and crispy south Indian traditional breakfast or main dish.It is a favourite dish for most kids. This can be served with varieties of chutneys and sambhar.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 3 people

Ingredients
  

For Dosa:

  • 1 cup Black gram Uzhunnuparippu
  • 2 cups Allpurpose flour Maida
  • 1 tbsp Salt
  • Ghee As reqd

For Chutney:

  • 1 cup Coconut
  • 3 or Green Chillies
  • Ginger A small piece
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 3 pinches Mustard seeds
  • 7 nos Curry leaves
  • 1 tsp Oil

Instructions
 

  • Soak black gram in water for 5 hours.
  • Add enough water and grind it nicely so as to become a smooth paste.
  • Add salt and leave it for about 7 to 8 hrs for fermentation.
  • When fermented, add maida with enough water.
  • Beat it nicely so as not to form clots and keep aside for 1/2 an hour. The batter should be thick enough to pour it on the dosa tawa.
  • Heat the dosa tawa and pour one ladle of batter and turn the ladle over the batter in three or four rounds so as to get thin crispy dosa.
  • Spread ghee on sides of dosa.
  • Roast dosa on both sides till slight brown on low flame.
  • Remove onto a serving plate.
  • For making chutney: 1)Grind together coconut, green chillies, ginger and salt to a smooth paste adding enough water.
  • Transfer them into a bowl and add salt.
  • Heat oil in a small pan.
  • Add mustard seeds and when it splutters, add curry leaves.
  • Pour this into the bowl and mix well.
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