Sada Dosa Recipe (Plain Dosa)

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup urad dal (safed urad dal)
• 1 tbsp fenugreek (methi) seeds
• 1 cup raw rice (chawal)
• 1 cup parboiled rice (ukda chawal)
• 2 tbsp thick beaten rice (jada poha)
• salt (namak) to taste
• 10 tsp ghee for cooking

Steps

1. To make sada dosa, wash and soak the urad dal, fenugreek seeds and enough water in a deep bowl and mix well. Cover with a lid and keep aside to soak for 4 hours.
2. Wash and soak the par-boiled rice, raw rice and thick beaten rice and enough water in a deep bowl and mix well. Cover with a lid and keep aside to soak for 4 hours.
3. Drain the urad dal and fenugreek seeds and blend in a mixer to a smooth paste using approx. 1 cup of water. Transfer the mixture into a deep bowl and keep aside.
4. Drain the par-boiled rice, raw rice, and thick beaten rice and blend in a mixer to a smooth paste using approx. 1 cup of water. Transfer the mixture into the same bowl of the urad dal batter, add the salt and mix well.
5. Cover with a lid and keep aside to ferment in a warm place for 12 hours.
6. Once fermented, mix it very well.
7. Just before serving, heat a non-stick tava (griddle), sprinkle a little water on the tava (griddle) and wipe it off gently using a muslin cloth.
8. Pour 1½ ladleful of the batter on it and spread it in a circular motion to make a 225 mm. (9”) diameter thin circle.
9. Smear a little ghee over it and along the edges and cook on a medium flame till the dosa turns golden brown in colour and crisp.
10. Fold over to make a semi-circle or a roll.
11. Repeat with the remaining batter to make 19 more dosas
12. Serve sada dosa immediately with coconut chutney, sambhar and malgapodi..