Step by step method for preparing batter for making dosa and idli.
Prep Time20 hourshrs
Course: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: South Indian
Servings: 4People
Ingredients
3cuprice small one
1cupsplit and dehusk black gram lentils urad dal
1tablespoonFenugreek seeds meethi dana
halfcup flattened rice poha
1cupchickpeas (chana dal)for making dosa crispy and golden brown.
Salt according to taste
water for soaking and rinsing
Instructions
Preparation of batter
Take 3 cup rice in a bowl and rinse multiple times in water.
Take 1 cup split lentis (urad dal) and 1 table spoon fenugreek seeds(meethi dana) in a bowl and rinse them in water multiple times.
Soak rice in water. Water level needs to be just 2 inch above the rice level.
In separate bowl soak urad dal, poha and meethi dana. In this also water level needs to be above 2 inch of all of these.
We need to soak this is for 7-8 hours.
Making dosa better in a mixer
Drain all water form both of bowls.
Put soaked rice in mixer jar and grind it. We need the grainy consistency. So grind it until its consistency becomes grainy. You can add water little bit if required. Smooth consistency is also fine.
Put urad dal, poha and meethi seeds in mixer jar and grind it. Maintain the grainy consistency of batter.
If mixer gets heats up, then wait for some time. Start grinding again after mixer cools down. You may need to grind all of these in more than 1 batch according to your jar size.
Now put all these batter in one big bowl. Remember that batter should not be too thick or thin.
Now add 1 teaspoon salt in it and mix it well with hand or spoon.
Keep lid on you bowl and leave it for 10-12 hours for ferment. Fermentation time depend on the weather conditions.
After fermentation batter is ready for making dosa.
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Notes
Use the big bowl for dosa batter. After fermenting of batter size of batter may go more than the twice of the initial size.
If you are making idli from this batter. Then do not whisk it will spoon or whisker. If you whisk it, then idli will not be soft and spongy. With the help of spoon put the batter in idli stand for making idli.