RUSINGA RASINGA: Kara dosa

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Ingredients

Raw rice - 1 cup

Boiled rice (idli rice) - 1/2 cup

Toor dhal - 1/4 cup

Red chillies - 3 to 5

Pepper - 1 tspn

Cumin - 1 tspn

Coconut - 1/2 (grated)

Salt to taste

Directions

Soak the rice varieties and the dhal together for 1 to 2 hours
Grind the Redchillies, pepper, cumin, grated coconut, salt and then add the rice and toor dhal soaked.
Grind this mixture either in wet grinder or mixer grinder to the consistency of the Rava dosa batter. The batter must be a little coarse.
Now the mixture is ready for preparing kara dosas.
Prepare thin crispy kara dosas like the rava dosas.
Serve it hot with coconut சட்னி

Useful Tips

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Useful bits

Use big Sago for kheer and small sago for Upma (the one commonly called as nylon sago in tamilnadu)
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Use thick Flaked rice (Aval, Poha) for Upma and Kesari. And the thin flaked rice is useful for making kheer and Idlis
If you are making chutney with Mint leaves or Cilantro (Coriander), and if the salt is bit rised than to the taste. Add some Jaggery and grind it in the mixer twice. Nice , sweet chutney is ready with no excess salt

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