Dosa Batter

Dosa Batter

Ingredients

2 cups Ponni Boiled Rice
1 cup Idly Rice
1 cup Sona Masoori Rice
1 Cup Urid Dhall
2 tsp Fenugreek seed
2 tsp Channa Dhall

Method

Wash,rinse and soak the above mentioned ingredients for 6-8 hours.
Drain the water.
Using a wet grinder or a blender grind the soaked rice,dhall.
You can grind in  2 batches if needed by adding enough water in between to make a smooth batter.
Remove the batter from the grinder into a air tight container, add enough water,salt  and mix.
Let it ferment overnight .

Makes crisp dosa's to be relished with some yummy chutney,sambar and podi.

Idli Batter

 Idli Batter  Recipe

5 Cups Idly Rice 
1 Cup and a handful  whole Urid dhall
1  Tsp Fenugreek seeds whole soaked along with the urid dhall.
1/2 cup Aval (beaten rice )  soaked along with the urid
Salt to taste 
Enough water to grind

Method using a wet grinder.

Can do the same using a blender as well,I personally prefer the wet grinder.

Wash the rice till the water runs clear, soak for approximately 4-5 hours.
Wash the urid dhall  till it runs clear  soak for 3 hours.
Grind the urid dhall first till light and fluffy approximately 45 minutes in the grinder remove and then add the soaked rice grind till you get the desired consistency I like mine slightly coarse.Approximately 22-25 minutes.
Add the ground urid dhall with the ground rice in the grinder till it is well combined and comes together  approximately 2 minutes.

Remove,add salt and let it ferment overnight depending on the weather it would approximately take about 6-8 hours.

Cinnamon Raisin French Toast

Cinnamon Raisin French Toast

Ingredients

Cinnamon Raisin Bread - 8 slices
Eggs-2
Milk- 1/2 cup
Orange juice- 1/4 cup
Nutmeg powder - 1 pinch
Sugar- 2 tbs or Honey-2 tbs
Butter or Smart Balance- 3 tbs

Method

• In a wide bowl add the milk,eggs,sugar,nutmeg powder and orange juice whisk till it all blends together.
• Dip the bread slices on both sides,using some butter pan fry the bread till it turns golden brown on both sides.
• Serve the toast  with some maple syrup,whipped cream and some fruit !

If you don't have raisin cinnamon bread you can use the regular white, wheat or grain bread just add 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder and some extra sugar or honey to taste.

I sometimes sweeten using just plain old honey..it comes out perfectly sweet,make sure to warm the honey in the microwave for 20 seconds!