Thakkali Dosai/Tomato Dosa -Version 2

We are entering the 3rd week in our Cooking Carnival and for this week its instant dosa varieties.
Under this theme,I will be sharing the dosa recipes which doesn't need fermentation as well as the recipes with instant flours.
Coming to today's recipe its a simple dosa  made with rice and toor dhal combo along with some tomatoes. This dosa needs some soaking time and once the batter is ready then it can be made into dosas.I have already shared a version of tomato dosa here .But this version is different and I noted down from a cookery show in regional T.V.Off to the recipe.....

                                                             

                                         

                                                                              

                                    Thakkali Dosai/Tomato Dosa

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time ~ 20 minutes

   Soaking time ~ 2 hours

   Cooking time ~ 2 -3 minutes/dosa

   Makes ~ 8-9 dosas

  Ingredients

  

Ingredient	Quantity
Idly Rice	1 cup
Toor dhal/thuvaram paruppu	1/4 cup
Tomato/thakkali	3 medium size
Red chilly/varamilagai	3
Onion(finely chopped)	1 medium size
Curry leaves/karivepillai	few leaves(roughly chopped)
Salt	1.25 tsp
Coriander leaves	2 tbs(finely chopped)
Oil	as needed to cook dosa

  For the tempering

Ingredient	Quantity
Mustard seeds/kadugu	1 tsp
Asafoetida/perungayam	a pinch
Green chilly/pachamilagi	1(finely chopped)

   

 Method

• Soak the rice and dhal for couple of hours.After soaking completely drain the water and grind till it becomes smooth along with salt,red chilly and tomatoes.

• Transfer the ground batter to a bowl.Now heat a pan with a tsp of oil.Crackle the mustard seeds and add the asafoetida powder.Add in the chopped onion and green chilly for a minute.Then add the chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves.Put off the flame.Add it to the batter and mix it well.

• Add it to the batter and mix it well.Adjust the consistency with water.The batter should be like the regular dosa consistency. 

• Heat a griddle and one it becomes hot ,add a drop of oil and wipe it off with a paper and keep the flame in high.Pour a ladleful of batter and spread it to a slightly thicker circle.Reduce the flame and cook it for a minute.Drizzle a tsp of oil.

• Flip it to the other side and cook it for a while.Remove it from the griddle.

•  Serve it  with  coconut chutney.

• This dosa tends to brown very fast,so cook it in a medium flame.
• After flipping the dosa if needed drizzle some more oil.
• The addition of finely chopped green chilly is purely optional.

Enjoy........................

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