I usually make Indian Dosa , which many people call it Indian pancake.
Traditionally we use rice flour and I replaced it with brown rice flour. for
my surprise, it worked. It is pretty easy and they are very crispy .
contents
-brown rice flour
- Urad dal flour ( black gram pulses into a fine powder. Pale white in color ) - there are some variations
with out Urad dal, but I haven't tried it. I am not sure whether it is
available in american grocery shops or not.
- some salt
grape seed oil - any cooking oil can be used, i use grape seed oil for lack of choice for our detoxing needs.
-and some water
tools
- Iron skillet - for some reason, it needs some seasoning for getting nice dosa's,
whether it is new skillet or old skillets. traditional seasoning method is heat
the skillet and RUB onion over the skillet, when it is hot for 2 or 3 minutes.
repeat 2 or 3 days. then use it for dosa's. This works great . I use Iron
skillet , it looks like, the steel pan also works.
- flat spatula
preparation of batter
brown rice flour : Urad Dal -> 1: .5
total flour (rice+dal) : water-> 1: 1.5
you can add Fenugreek seed also
soak it for over night
Making
Just add some salt and mix the batter. see this video for the rest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSqLteO1OK4
background of this video is little noisy.
I do little differently than this . I heat the pan and SPRINKLE some water with
hand on the pan and spread the batter ( inside out) and when it is cooking I
add some grape seed oil drops at different places. once it is little
browner at the bottom, I flip it. It is pretty fast to make too.
Traditionally we use rice flour and I replaced it with brown rice flour. for
my surprise, it worked. It is pretty easy and they are very crispy .
contents
-brown rice flour
- Urad dal flour ( black gram pulses into a fine powder. Pale white in color ) - there are some variations
with out Urad dal, but I haven't tried it. I am not sure whether it is
available in american grocery shops or not.
- some salt
grape seed oil - any cooking oil can be used, i use grape seed oil for lack of choice for our detoxing needs.
-and some water
tools
- Iron skillet - for some reason, it needs some seasoning for getting nice dosa's,
whether it is new skillet or old skillets. traditional seasoning method is heat
the skillet and RUB onion over the skillet, when it is hot for 2 or 3 minutes.
repeat 2 or 3 days. then use it for dosa's. This works great . I use Iron
skillet , it looks like, the steel pan also works.
- flat spatula
preparation of batter
brown rice flour : Urad Dal -> 1: .5
total flour (rice+dal) : water-> 1: 1.5
you can add Fenugreek seed also
soak it for over night
Making
Just add some salt and mix the batter. see this video for the rest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSqLteO1OK4
background of this video is little noisy.
I do little differently than this . I heat the pan and SPRINKLE some water with
hand on the pan and spread the batter ( inside out) and when it is cooking I
add some grape seed oil drops at different places. once it is little
browner at the bottom, I flip it. It is pretty fast to make too.