Monday, March 8, 2010

Cabbage Dosa



These utterly delicious, healthy and filling dosas from Mangalore are perfect as breakfast, snack or as part of a lazy weekend brunch. The batter of this dosa needs no fermentation and can be prepared in advance and refrigerated.

Ingredients to make around 12 dosas:
Rice - 1 cup (long grain)
Finely shredded / grated cabbage - 1 cup
Shredded fresh coconut - 1 cup (If using frozen coconut, thaw it.)
Red chilies - 7 (I used byadagi variety which gives color and is less spicier)
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - a pinch
Salt - 1.5 tsp
2 onions, finely chopped
Yogurt - 1/4 cup
Minced cilantro - 2 Tbsp

Preparing batter:
Soak the rice in water for a couple of hours.
Grind together the rice, coconut, red chilies, asafoetida and salt adding yogurt and water as needed. Grind into a coarse and slightly thicker batter than regular dosa batter.
Add the shredded cabbage, chopped onion, cilantro to the batter and mix well.

Making dosas:
Heat a dosa pan and pour a ladle (about 1/4 cup) of batter onto it. Spread lightly into a circle with the back of the ladle and pour 1/4 tsp of oil around the dosa. Let it cook on low - medium flame, covered. When it cooks on the bottom side, flip the dosa with a spatula, spread again 1/4 tsp of oil around the dosa and let it cook for a minute. Remove the dosa when done.
Repeat the process with the remaining batter.



This goes to JFI - Breakfast hosted by me and Indira is the creator of this event.

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17 comments:

  1. never had cabbage dosa..seems very interesting...looks yummy n colorful

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  2. I would have never thought of making dosa with cabbage, looks so beautiful and yumm.

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  3. Crispy cabbage dosa looks fantastic, should give a try soon..

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  4. I used to make coleslaw to make my family eat cabbage and still live it... this is a sure way to capture their hearts ..will try it soon

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  5. Love this dosa variation...dosa is such a fave on our house...love this variation!

    First time on your space...will be following to see what you cook next!

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  6. Cabbage dosa quite innovative..looks perfect!!

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  7. wow cabbage dosa, that sounds excellent

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  8. Cabbage dosa is so delicious..very innovative..

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  9. Cabbage dosa looks delish. I will send my rava dosa for the event.

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  10. Very unique prep...... But brilliantly made, presented & captured too..... to make it so tempting to all of us......

    Hey I hope u know of the photo contest???? check here....
    http://thewellseasonedcook.blogspot.com/2010/03/announcing-march-2010-dmblgit.html

    I say this because ur captures are too ALIVE.....

    Ash....
    (http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

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  11. never heard of this one, sounds very interesting!

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  12. Cabbage dosa is such a lovely idea Suma. will definitely give it a try!.

    Hugs,
    Siri

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  13. Sounds different.Photo looks inviting.Will try it sometime.
    Drop in sometime

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  14. Asha,

    Thanks for the compliments. I feel I need to do a lot better than this when it comes to those pictures.:)

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  15. Looks so colorful...am sure it tastes as good...we are going to try it.

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  16. I am thinking about making this and was wondering if raw or paraboiled rice is preferred. What did you use?

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  17. This is a very interesting dish! I would love to try it. It is a very healthy treat.

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