Rava Dosa

One of the instant tifin variety is rava dosa. If I didn't plan for our dinner tifin or breakfast, this rava dosa could be the simplest and the best option, with a chutney. Usually in rava dosa, restaurant people and other chefs use all purpose flour/maida. I replace that with healthy wheat flour. As I thought, more tastier and healthier this way.

Ingredients:


Rava / Samolina - 2 cup
Wheat - 1/2 cup
Rice flour - 1/2 cup
Water - for mixing consistency
Salt - to taste
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Black pepper - 1 tsp
Curry Leaves - 1 stem chopped
Coriander - few chopped
Green chillies - 3 nos. (Optional / could be added up to your taste)
Oil - for making dosas

Procedure:

• Mix wheat flour, rice flour and samolina in a mixing bowl with all the above said ingredients up to watery consistency, without lumps..

• Heat dosa pan, preferably bigger size with handle, in high medium heat.

• The key here, is, when the pan is hot enough, pour a scoop of batter in one hand and with the other hand make the batter spread all over the pan by making some twist and turns., which creates small little little holes, the texture of rava dosa. If necessary add another scoop of batter too. I usually use two scoops or little more for making one rava dosa. Its not heavy like other dosa varieties since its watery.

• Drip a tsp of oil all around and on the dosa.
• Wait for a minute or two., it takes little longer than normal rice dosa.

• Once you see light brown around the edges and around the holes, use a spatula to turn the other side. Let it be for half a minute.

• And your rava dosa is ready to serve with sambar, chutney or of your choice.

Tip: Use a dosa pan with handle to twist and turn. Make sure the batter is watery. You will get the texture on little practice.

Hints: We can make variety in rava dosa such as by adding finely chopped onion to the dosa on the pan; adding shredded carrots makes a difference; Adding potato stuffing on the pan makes rava masala dosa; spreading hot tomato-onion chutney to the dosa on pan makes mysore rava dosa and so on..