Mysore Masala Dosa

Happy Republic Day to all :)

Mysore masala dosa is a popular dosa in Karnataka. I tasted this dosa for the first time at Raj restaurent in Singapore and liked it a lot. A few days ago, I made this dosa with fried gram dal chutney and mint chuteny. Looking at the colours of the chutneys, I felt like taking a picture (first one below). For this, I made a rectangular dosa and spread the fried gram dal chutney on the top part and mint chutney on the bottom part. In the middle, I spread chutney powder with a little ghee in a small circle.
                         

                                               

                                             

           

What you need:

For the dosa batter: Soak one cup of skinned black gram, two cups of sona masuri rice and a quarter teaspoon of fenugreek seeds for four to six hours in sufficient water. Wash the soaked ingredients and grind them into a smooth paste after adding salt to taste. Transfer the paste into an air tight container and allow it to ferment in a warm place. Make sure that the container has enough space for the batter to rise (after fermentation, the batter may double in volume).

Aloo Palya (potato stir fry): Boil four medium sized potatoes, peel off their skins and mash them. Keep this aside. Chop one medium sized onion, two green chillies, coriander leaves and an inch of ginger into small pieces. In a pan, heat two tablespoons of oil and add mustard seeds. Once they splutter, add the chopped onion, green chilly and ginger. Fry them on a medium flame for two minutes and add the mashed potato. Add a pinch of turmeric powder, a pinch of red chilly powder, a quarter spoon of coriander powder and salt to taste. Mix it well and cook it for four minutes on a low flame while stirring in between. Garnish it with chopped coriannder leaves.

Fried gram dal chutney: Soak three dry chillys in water for ten minutes and break them into pieces. Take a quarter cup of fried gram dal,  a quarter teaspoon of cumin seeds, four garlic cloves and sufficient salt in a mixer jar and grind them into a paste using a little water. The chutney is now ready..

Mint Chutney: Take half a cup of mint leaves, a quarter cup of chopped coriander leaves, a quarter teaspoon of cumin seeds, two cut green chilly, one tablespoon of lime juice and sufficient salt in a mixer jar. Blend them into a smooth paste. The mint chutney is now ready..

                                          
                                                                                         

Preparation:

1. Heat a nonstick pan on a low flame and pour a ladleful of batter on it. Spread it in a circular motion with the ladle to make a dosa. Drop a bit of butter on it and spread the gram dal chutney over the dosa.
2. Spread the potato fry over half of the dosa and add one tea spoon of ghee or oil around the dosa.
3. Roast the dosa for a minute and fold it into half. Transfer it onto a serving plate and do like wise with the remaining batter.
4. Serve the hot dosas with gram dal chutney, mint chutney and chutney powder.
5. You can also enjoy the Mysore masala dosas with coconut chutrney and sambar..

Note: If you want, you can add a part of an onion to the gram dal chutney while grinding. You can add asafoetida to the potato stir fry.