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Oats dosa in Marathi
20 medium dosas
Time: 2 to 3 minutes/ dosa
Ingredients:
1 cup rice
1 cup urad dal
3 cups rolled oats (quick cooking oats)
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
salt to taste
Oil to roast dosa
Method:
1) Soak Rice and urad dal separately in sufficient water for 5 to 6 hours. Soak fenugreek seeds along-with urad dal.
2) Soak oats just 10 minutes before grinding rice and urad dal. Soak them in 2 cups water.
3) Drain the water from rice. Grind it in a grinder. Add water little at a time to get fine paste.
4) Drain water from urad dal and grind it to fine paste. Add soaked oats to the mixer and grind it along with urad dal.
5) Mix ground rice, urad dal and oats together. Add little water to adjust the consistency. Add salt to taste. Cover and keep it to dark warm place. It should ferment within 8 to 10 hours. (See important tip regarding fermentation)
6) Once batter is fermented, take about 2 cups of batter into a separate bowl. If the batter is thick, add some water. The consistency for dosa batter should be little thin than idli batter. Likewise, take required amount of in a separate bowl and adjust the consistency by adding little water.
7) Heat a nonstick tawa. Spray some oil and carefully wipe it with a paper towel. Flame should be on medium high. Pour a medium ladelful batter at the center. swirl the spoon clockwise, in circular motion. Make a thin crepe. After 30 seconds, drizzle little oil around the edges and over the dosa. When the dosa is well done at one side, flip it to the other side. Press gently with flat spatula. After flipping, there is no need to roast longer.
Serve oats dosa with sambar and coconut chutney.
Tips:
1) Use a bigger container to ferment the batter. There should be atleast 10 inch space above the level of the batter to rise.
2) In cold season, batter does not ferment well or doesn't ferment at all. If you have oven at home, preheat it at 200 F for 3 to 4 minutes. Then switch off the oven. Put the covered container inside and close the door. If you are going to put the container in the oven, use steel or glass container.
3) The batter will stay fresh for 5 days in refrigerator.
Besan Chila in Marathi
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Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1 cup besan
2 tbsp rava
1 tsp green chili paste, coarse
2-3 tbsp cilantro, finely chopped
1 + 3/4 cups water
1 tsp garlic paste
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/8 tsp hing
2 pinches cumin seeds
salt to taste
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Method:
1) Take a mixing bowl. Add besan and rava. Add water little at a time and make a thin constancy batter.
2) Add in chili paste, cilantro, garlic paste, turmeric powder, hing, cumin seeds and salt to taste. mix well.
3) Heat a nonstick pan over medium-high heat. drizzle some oil. Add a ladelful batter and try to keep round shape.
4) Cover and cook over medium heat till one side gets done well. Drizzle some oil and flip the side. Cover and cook till another side is cooked nicely.
Serve hot with or Dry garlic chutney.
Appe in Marathi
Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 15 appe
Ingredients:
2 cups Idli Batter
1 tsp ginger paste
1.5 tsp green chili paste, coarse
3-4 curry leaves, finely chopped (optional)
2 tbsp cilantro, finely chopped (optional)
Salt to taste
2 to 3 tbsp oil for roasting appe
Method:
1) Add ginger paste, cilantro, curry leaves, green chili paste and little salt in batter. Mix well.
2) Heat Appe pan. Add two drops of oil in each mould. Fill moulds with batter. Cover and cook over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes.
3) Uncover and brush some oil on the surface. Flip the side, cover and cook for couple of minutes.
Serve hot with coconut chutney.
Nachani Dosa
serves: 12 to 15 medium dosa
time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
1 cup Nachani Flour (Raagi flour)
1/2 cup Rice Flour
1/2 cup Urad Dal
7-8 Methi seeds
Salt to taste
Oil to drizzle while roasting dosa
Method:
1) Soak Nachani Flour and Rice flour in water for 5 hours. The consistency should be thick. Also soak urad dal and methi seeds together in water for 5 hours.
2) Grind urad dal to fine paste. Add very little water while grinding. Now mix urad dal paste and soaked flours together. Add enough water to get usual dosa consistency. Add salt.
3) Heat a nonstick tawa. Pour a ladleful batter and spread with spoon in swirling motion.
Drizzle a teaspoon oil around the dosa. After one side is done, flip the dosa and roast the second side.
Serve hot with - Coconut chutney, sambar, garlic chutney.
Tips:
1) Consistency of batter should be just like usual dosa batter. Nicely spreadable batter will make thin and light dosas.
2) Its a very good breakfast option. To make dosa for breakfast soak flour and urad dal overnight. Then grind urad dal in the morning and make dosas as per above method.
3) Cook the both sides of dosa. Uncooked Nachani flour doesn’t taste good.
4) To variate the recipe, add chopped cilantro, onion, tomato or green chili to your preference.
Spinach corn Sandwich in Marathi
Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 5 Sandwiches
Ingredients:
2.5 cups finely chopped Spinach (important tip)
1/4 cup Sweet corns
2 Garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
1 Green chili, finely chopped
1 tsp Butter (will need some more for roasting)
1/2 cup shredded cheese (Tip 2)
Salt to taste
10 bread slices
Method:
1) Heat butter into a pan. Add green chili, and garlic. Saute for 10 seconds. Then add spinach and corns.
2) Add salt and cook uncovered until water content in spinach evaporates.
3) Divide the spinach stuffing in 5 equal portions. Spread 1 portion of stuffing evenly, over a bread slice. Sprinkle generous amount of cheese. Cover with another slice of bread.
4) Toast in Sandwich toaster. OR Roast it in a shallow pan or tawa. Apply some butter on the surface. Roast over medium flame.
Cut into half and serve with tomato ketchup.
Tips:
1) Chop spinach finely. Also, spinach tend to reduce in size after stir frying. So add very little salt, may be one or two pinches. Do not cover the pan to keep the green color of spinach.
2) Add generous amount of cheese. Spinach and cheese tastes amazing together.
3) When preparing sandwiches for kids, do not add chili or add very little.
