Dosa Kuzhambu
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Serves: 2
 
Ingredients
  • Oil – 1 ½ tbsp
  • Bay leaf – ½
  • Fenugreek seeds – 7 nos
  • Fennel seeds – 5 nos
  • Shallots, cut to thin round slices- ½ cup
  • Garlic, whole – 7 nos
  • Tomato, small, finely chopped – 1 no
  • Red chilli powder – 3 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 5 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
  • Tamarind – medium gooseberry size
  • Crystal salt – as required
  • Coconut milk – 1 tbsp
For dosa batter
  • Gram flour - 5 tbsp
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
  • Red chilli powder – ¼ tsp
  • Coriander powder – ½ tsp
  • Cumin seeds – a generous pinch
  • Crystal salt – a pinch
  • Water as required
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in a wide pan and add bay leaf, fenugreek and fennel seeds and allow them to sizzle.
  3. Add garlic and chopped shallots and sauté until they turn translucent.
  5. Next add in chopped tomatoes and sauté until they turn mushy.
  7. Now add in all the masala powders (chilli, coriander, turmeric) and give a quick stir. Add very little water like ½ a cup and sauté until the raw smell of the masalas disappear and oil separates.
  9. Make a juice of tamarind and add it to the gravy. Add a cup of water and salt and bring the gravy to boil.
  11. Meanwhile, make a thin (not so thin) batter of gram flour and all the above mentioned ingredients.
  13. Heat a dosa pan and make a medium thin dosa. Smear few drops of oil around the dosa.
  15. Flip the dosa cook for a very few seconds and take it out – make sure the dosa(s) are half done so that the remaining will be cooked when added to the gravy.
  17. Role the dosa and apply little more batter on the end and make the roll stick together without coming apart.
  19. Cut the rolls to thin slices and keep it ready.
  21. Now when the gravy starts to boil, add a tbsp of coconut milk and mix well.
  23. Add the dosa roll slices carefully into the gravy. Do not use spatulas at this time. If you want to mix the gravy, just hold two ends of the pan and tilt them slightly without using spatulas. Cook for another five minutes and switch off the flame. Serve the yummy dosa kuzhambu along with hot rice and some fryams. Enjoy! :)
Recipe by MyEdibleCravings at http://myediblecravings.com/dosa-kuzhambu/