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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Karam Dosa


Everyday, I would love to see puri - sagoo on my breakfast table or a plate of masala dosa if some one would prepare and serve it. Since that is not an option, I go for my other favorite breakfast dishes which demand less time and labor like this karam dosa which are simple and healthy. As the name suggests (karam = hot/spicy in Telugu) the dosa is hot and spicy. It is some what on the lines of Tamilians' adai.
It needs a minimum soaking of three hours and doesn't need any fermenting. You are ready to go as soon as the batter is ground. If you like it to be more spicier, add more chillies or serve it with chutney, chutney/ any spicy powder or a pickle. Or you can eat those spicy dosas with out any side dishes. When we were kids, my mom used to serve this with powdered jaggery and even today, I like it that way :) . My son would go when he see them in his plate, 'Are they ones which go with jaggery'?

Ingredients for the dosa batter: Makes around 8 dosas
Rice - 1/2 cup
Urad dal - A handful
Chandal - A handful
Red chillies - 10 to 12
Grated, fresh coconut - 1/4 cup
Curry leaves - 20 / a tbsp
Cilantro - 1 or 2 tbsp
Asafoetida - half of 1/4 tsp
Salt - 1.5 tsp
Water - about a cup

Wash rice, chanadal and uraddal thoroughly. Soak them in plenty of water for at least three hours. Grind them with all the other ingredients into a coarse batter using only as much water as required. The batter should be on the thicker side. If you prepare a thicker batter with the above measurements, the dosas are going to be thicker unlike regular dosas. If you prefer thinner dosas, add some more water to the batter and also instead of adding onions to the batter, sprinkle them on the spread dosa on griddle like you do for oothappam.

To make dosas:
Finely chopped onions - 1 cup
Oil to make dosas

Heat a griddle or a shallow pan. When you sprinkle a few drops of water on the griddle, the water should sizzle and evaporate. This means the griddle is ready. Take a ladle full of batter and pour it in the center of the griddle. With circular motion, spread the batter into a circle with the help of the backside of the ladle. The batter would be thick and you cannot spread it into a thin circle as you would with regular dosas.
Take ½ tsp of oil and spread around the edges of the circle / dosa and roast it till it turns golden brown in color. Flip the dosa, spread some oil around it again and let it cook on the other side as well. Remove the dosa with a spatula. Repeat the process with the remaining batter.
Serve them hot. They won't be that delicious, when served cold.


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13 comments:

FH said...

Excellent looking breakfast.It is like Adai and very tasty and healthy.Thanks Suma.Way better than oily Poories!;D

Anonymous said...

if its Karam then bring it on...I am spicy fan...great recipe...have to try it...thanks for sharing

Suganya said...

As asha says, it looks like adai...but softer..

Richa said...

wow! that looks yum, so tempting :)

Viji said...

A nice twist to our regular dosas Suma. Looks great. Viji

ushaprashanth said...

Hi!
Tha's a nice recipe. Nice explanation with essential tips..

Sia said...

oh yes girl...even i wish someone cook poori saagu or masala dosa for me everyday n serve:(
i read it as kurma dosa!!! donno what i was thinking;) and then when i read the recipe i could almost taste n smell it!!! mmm... my kind of recipe. looks wonderful:)

TNL said...

That is lovely looking dosa....so different than the usual ones!

thanks Suma.

trupti

Anonymous said...

Hey Suma, thanks for the recipe , will try this out!

Sharmi said...

this sounds like a great dosa. will try it out.

Mahek said...

hi
suma
This is a 'must make' dosa for me.
you have a great blog with some wonderful recipes

DEEPA said...

this looks really karam ..mouth watering dish ...Will surely try this out

The Bhandari's said...

oh am going to try this today only as am ardent lover of dosa's... this sounds interesting.. thanks for wonderful recipe
preeti