Sponge Dosa

This is a simple and easy to make soft,spongy dosa which I have adapted from a magazine.My son calls this dosa as idly like dosa since it is very spongy.It tastes great with a spicy chutney or coconut chutney and I make it atleast monthly once or twice,as my family likes this dosa very much.Today is the day 6 of blogging marathon #15 under fermented foods and now to the recipe....

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Idly rice/Pulungal arisi	2cups
Rice flakes/aval	1/4cup
Sour buttermilk	2-3cups
Salt	to taste
Baking soda	two generous pinch
Oil	as needed

Method

                           Wash and soak the rice and rice flakes in the buttermilk for at least 4-5 hours.Grind it to a smooth batter.Allow it to ferment for 6-8 hours.Add the salt and soda to it and mix it well to the desired consistency with water.The batter should be slightly watery than regular dosa batter.

• Heat the griddle and pour a ladle full of batter(no need to spread),drizzle few drops of oil.

• Cook it covered in a medium flame for a minute or till it gets cooked (no need to flip).Take out from the pan and serve it.

• Serve it with a spicy coconut chutney.

• One day older buttermilk works very well for this dosa.
• While pouring the batter the pan should be hot,once the holes started coming reduce the flame and cook it covered.
• We like the coconut chutney made with red chillies(used kashmiri variety) and garlic as an accompaniment for this dosa
• If the batter is too thick or thin the pores won't be formed.

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